The trademark was filed by Ankura Consulting Group, LLC, a Limited Liability Company (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 22, 2022, and received one opposition filed on December 19, 2022 by Mastercard International Incorporated on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BOEHMERT & BOEHMERT ANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB - PATENTANWÄLTE RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 19, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial consulting services in the fields of business valuation, and corporate restructuring
Financial planning consultation relating to bankruptcy, and mergers and acquisitions
Financial research services, namely, financial investigations to determine the financial soundness of a company, specifically, financial investigations in the field of allegations of financial fraud, financial misreporting, bribery, foreign corrupt practices, securities violations, securities fraud, and money laundering
Financial consulting services in the field of financial due diligence in connection with business transactions
Intellectual property valuation services
Financial calculation services for others, namely, royalty calculation
Trustee services
Insurance claims administration.
The mark was filed in class 37 with Construction consultancy services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with Technology consultation in the field of cybersecurity.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Legal consulting services and expert witness services in legal matters in the fields of alternative dispute resolution, mediation, litigation and regulatory compliance
Litigation support services
Litigation support services, namely, conducting electronic legal discovery
Litigation support services, namely, conducting electronic legal discovery in the nature of reviewing e-mails and other electronically stored information that could be relevant evidence in a lawsuit.