018768913

Binderplus

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September 27, 2022

Trademark Summary

The trademark Binderplus was filed by Frank-Wilhelm Binder, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 30, 2022, and received one opposition filed on January 26, 2023 by Friedrich Binder GmbH & Co. KG on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (c) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by KUNZ RECHTSANWÄLTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 26, 2023

The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 14 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Jewellery
  2. Precious stones, pearls and imitations of the aforesaid goods
  3. Precious metals and their alloys
  4. Processed or semi-processed precious metals
  5. Time instruments, in particular watches
  6. Parts for clockworks.
• The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Retail and wholesale services, including online in relation to the following goods: jewellery articles, precious stones, precious metals and clocks
  2. Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services
  3. Advertising, marketing and promotional services
  4. Commercial services and consumer information, namely auctioneering, rental of automatic vending machines, organizing business contacts, commercial evaluation, agency business, import and export services, negotiation of contracts relating to the purchase and sale of goods, especially jewellery and precious metals
  5. Ordering, price comparison, procurement services, for others, subscription services
  6. Business assistance
  7. Business management
  8. Administrative of businesses, especially in the business of jewellery and precious metals
  9. Business analysis, research and information services
  10. Public relations services
  11. Sales promotion
  12. Advertising
  13. Business consultancy and advisory services
  14. Business administration and consultancy
  15. Collection and maintenance of data in databases
  16. Arranging of exhibitions for business purposes, especially in relation to precious metals
  17. Provision of business information
  18. Compilation and provision of trade and business price and statistical information
  19. Management and compilation of computerised databases
  20. Business research and surveys
  21. Economic business lobbying
  22. Compilation of statistics.
• The mark was filed in class 40 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Customised manufacturing and assembly services, namely processing and finishing of precious metals and jewellery
  2. Custom manufacture of metal goods
  3. Treatment and transformation of materials, namely processing, cutting, grinding and polishing of diamonds and other precious stones
  4. Casting of jewellery
  5. Metalworking [forming]
  6. Metallurgical smelting
  7. Metallurgical processing [treatment of materials]
  8. Alloying of metals
  9. Recovery of precious metals.
• The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Scientific and technological services, scientific services, engineering, in particular in the field of precious metals and precious stones, development of alloys and coatings for metals
  2. Testing, authentication and quality control
  3. Conducting metallurgical analysis
  4. Authentication of precious stones, classification of precious stones
  5. Consultancy in relation to the aforesaid services.