The trademark ARDAN was filed by International Financial Group Limited, a corporation established under the laws of "IM" (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 12, 2022, and received one opposition filed on December 8, 2022 by ARDIAN HOLDING on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by DEPREZ, GUIGNOT & ASSOCIES (DDG) and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 8, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 23, 2022. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 4, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer application software for use in financial, investment, insurance and business matters
Computer software platforms for wealth management, for financial investing, for financial planning, for managing, tracking and monitoring financial investments and financial portfolios, for financial and investment predictions and calculations, for analysing financial data and generating reports and for the secure holding and viewing of financial investments and products
Computer application software for use in financial transaction processing and for submission, checking and approval of financial investment and savings applications.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial and monetary services
Financial management
Financial valuations
Financing services
Financial brokerage services
Financial administration
Financial analysis and evaluation
Financial portfolio management services
Financing loans
Financial services relating to bonds
Stocks and bonds brokerage services
Trading in bonds
Financial planning services
Financial planning for retirement
Financial advice relating to wills
Trust administration and management services
Investment trust services
Estate trust planning
Fund investment and management services
Offshore fund management services
Offshore utilised funds services
Asset management and investment services
Investment, investment fund and investment management services
Unit trust management
Capital management services
Mutual funds
Capital investment and capital investment brokerage services
Capital fund management
Credit arrangement services
Credit management services
Unit trust and mutual fund services
Provision of annuities
Fund management services
Bonds brokerage services
Savings services
Pension services
Pension fund investment management
Pension fund administration services
Personal pension services
Provision of group and individual pension schemes
Wealth management services
All of the aforesaid provided through a wealth management platform enabling independent financial advisers to manage the wealth of their investors.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software as a service in the fields of and relating to financial, investment, insurance and business services
Software as a service featuring software platforms for wealth management, for financial investing, for financial planning, for managing and monitoring financial investments and financial portfolios, for financial and investment predictions and calculations, for analysing financial data and generating reports and for the secure holding and viewing of financial investments and products
Software as a service in the fields of financial transaction processing and for submission, checking and approval of financial investment and savings applications.