The trademark IRIS was filed by IRIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 26, 2022, and received one opposition filed on October 26, 2022 by Santa Lucia, S.A. Compañia de Seguros y Reaseguros on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by PONS IP, S.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 26, 2022
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with Business management and organisation consultancy, Assistance, business guidance (strategy consultancy) and consultancy in business management and development, Professional business consultancy, business information, Business investigations, Efficiency experts, Economic forecasting, all the aforesaid services, Other than the following services: Publicity services, Marketing, Promotion services and Public relations services.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Banking
Financial information, investigations, forecasting and evaluations
Mutual funds and fund investments
Capital investment
Venture capital services
Financial incubation services
Corporate finance services
Formation and investment of funds, Formation and management of portfolios of financial holdings, Consultancy and expert opinions relating to finance, in particular for the management of financial holdings in the capital of listed or unlisted companies.