The trademark ROCKET LEGAL was filed by Rocket Lawyer Incorporated (a Delaware corporation), a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 29, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 30, 2022 by Bou-Fadel, Florian on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 30, 2022
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 28, 2024.
The Opposition with reference B 003179867 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 22, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Downloadable software for completing customizable legal and tax documents, and government filings
Downloadable software for facilitating connections between customers and licensed legal counsel
Downloadable software for on demand legal, tax, and business registration advice
Downloadable software for use in online timekeeping for others, billing, and electronic signature verification
Downloadable software for communicating information and images, documents, videos, or other media with an attorney for a consultation
Downloadable software for privileged communication with a licensed attorney
Downloadable software for consultations with attorneys to facilitate the provision legal, tax, and business registration advice
Downloadable software for providing evidence to an attorney
Downloadable software for use in signing legal and tax documents, and government filings
Downloadable electronic data files in the nature of audio files, graphics files, images files, audio-visual files, computer code files, text files and video files featuring content for the purpose of legal, tax, and business registration information and consultations
Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application enabling users to sign legal and tax documents, and government filings
Downloadable software for communicating information and documents with an attorney
Downloadable software for users to draft, edit, and sign legal and tax documents, and government filings
Downloadable software for document management
Downloadable software for notary services
Downloadable software for managing dispute resolution services
Downloadable software for preparing documents related to dispute resolution services
Downloadable computer software using artificial intelligence for managing dispute resolution services
Downloadable software for collecting, processing, storing, sharing, managing, reporting and analyzing data and documents for dispute resolution services
Downloadable software for filing legal, tax, and business registration documents with government entities, government agencies, and courts.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Providing online lawyer referrals
Cooperative advertising services for lawyers
Business management services for others, namely, database management for others of a database comprised of legal, tax, and business registration documents and forms
Matching consumers with professionals in the field of alternative dispute resolution services
Connecting consumers with qualified service providers
Tax professional referral services
Accountant referral services.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Electronic payment services involving electronic processing and subsequent transmission of payment data
Debit and credit card payment processing services.
The mark was filed in class 38 with On-line document delivery via a global computer network.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for lawyers and legal professionals, to use in online timekeeping for others, billing, electronic signature verification, and creation, preparing, editing, and database management of legal and tax documents, and government filings
Providing temporary use of on- line non-downloadable software for signing legal and tax documents, and government filings
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for filing legal, tax, and business registration documents with government entities, government agencies, and courts
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for creating, preparing, and editing legal, tax, and business registration documents
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to sign legal and tax documents, and government filings
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to file legal, tax, and business registration documents with government entities, government agencies, and courts
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to create, prepare, and edit legal and tax documents, and government filings
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to give multiple computers users the ability to simultaneously upload, create, and edit documents
Electronic signature verification services using technology to authenticate user identity provided in connection with legal, tax, and business registration services
Electronic storage of legal, tax, and business registration documents
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to complete customizable legal, tax, and business registration documents
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for completing customizable legal, tax, and business registration documents
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to communicate information and documents with an attorney
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for communicating information and documents with an attorney
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to manage legal, tax, and business registration documents
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for document management
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to obtain notary services
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for remote notary services
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to regulate dispute resolution
Providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable software for managing alternative dispute resolution services
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to communicate about dispute resolution matters
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to manage and regulate dispute resolution data and documents
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for attorneys to track billable time and for attorneys to create, issue and accept payment on invoices
Providing a web site featuring technology for attorneys to track billable time and for attorneys to create, issue and accept payment on invoices
Providing temporary use of on-line non- downloadable software for processing electronic payments
Providing a web site featuring technology for processing electronic payments
Providing temporary use of on- line non-downloadable software for making payments due between parties of a contract
Providing a web site featuring technology enabling users to make payments due between parties of a contract
Providing temporary use of on-line non- downloadable software for filing legal, tax, and business registration documents with government entities, government agencies, and courts
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for submitting questions and receiving answers from attorneys
Providing a web site featuring technology that allows users to submit questions and receive answers from attorneys.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Providing online information to lawyers and non-lawyers in the field of legal news and commentary, tax news and commentary, and business news and commentary
Legal, tax, and business registration document creation, preparation, and editing via an interactive website on the Internet
Providing online information to lawyers and non-lawyers in the field of law, tax, and business
Providing online information to lawyers and non-lawyers in the field of customizable legal forms, customizable tax forms, and customizable business registration forms
Providing online information to lawyers and non-lawyers in the field of legal self-help, tax self-help, and business registration self- help