The trademark YellowApple was filed by YellowApple Holding BV, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 21, 2022, and received one opposition filed on December 20, 2022 by Apple Inc. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Locke Lord LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 20, 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 35 with following description of goods:
Employment recruitment
Recruitment advertising
Personnel recruitment
Recruitment (Personnel -)
Recruitment of personnel
Personnel recruitment advertising
Recruitment services
Personnel placement and recruitment
Consultancy of personnel recruitment
Personnel recruitment consultancy
Recruitment and placement services
Employment recruiting consultation
Interviewing services [for personnel recruitment]
Personnel recruitment services
Recruitment consultancy services
Professional recruitment services
Headhunting services
Business recruitment consultancy
Recruitment of high-level management personnel
Personnel recruitment services and employment agencies
Staff recruitment
Selection of staff
Placement of staff
Recruitment of executive staff
Staff recruitment services
Staff placement services
Permanent staff recruitment
Staff recruitment consultancy services
Job placement consultancy
Job matching services
Testing to determine job competency
Advertising services relating to the recruitment of personnel
Personnel recruitment agency services
Personnel placement services
Personnel placement
Selection of personnel
Executive selection services
Executive search and selection services
Personality testing for the selection of personnel
Psychological testing for the selection of personnel
Psychometric testing for the selection of personnel
Personnel selection [for others]
Testing (Psychological -) for the selection of personnel
Recruitment services for sales and marketing personnel.