The trademark NERDCLOUD was filed by NerdCloud Oy, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 23, 2022, and received one opposition filed on November 6, 2022 by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Martin, Sylvie and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 6, 2022
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer software
Computer software applications
Software and applications for mobile devices
Electronic publications, downloadable
Cloud servers
Cloud computing software.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business consulting
Business management consulting
IT management relating to business consultancy
Business consultancy relating to computers and software
Business advisory services relating to the use of computers and computer software.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Design and development of computer software
Computer programming
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto
Research and consultancy services relating to computer software
Technical research
Development of systems for the processing of data
Development of systems for the storage of data
Development of systems for the transmission of data
Design and development of operating software
Design, development and programming of software and databases
Software development, programming and implementation
Development of computer software application solutions
Advice and development services relating to computer software
Information technology [IT] consultancy
Consultancy in the field of computer system integration
Consultancy services for designing information systems
Consultancy services for analysing information systems
Conducting feasibility studies relating to computer information systems
Consultancy in the field of computer software
Software as a service [SaaS]
Infrastructure as a Service [IaaS]
Platform as a Service [PaaS]
Consultancy and information services relating to information technology architecture and infrastructure
Maintenance and updating of computer software
Consultancy in the field of the design, selection, implementation and use of computer hardware, software and related computer systems