The trademark FACTORYFORCE was filed by Sonic Technology AG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 15, 2022, and received one opposition filed on November 15, 2022 by Salesforce, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 15, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Downloadable software
Manufacturing software
Industrial software
Application software
Maintenance software
Workflow software
Collaboration software platforms [software]
Reporting software
Document management software
Logistics software
Scheduling software
Optimisation software
Project management software
Process controlling software
Decision-making software
Data mining software
Machine learning software
Environmental control software
Web application software.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Management consulting
Business management and consulting
Business management consulting
Business process management and consulting
Business management consulting services in the field of information technology