The trademark AWARE was filed by Plasticard-ZFT GmbH & Co. KG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 8, 2023, and received one opposition filed on May 7, 2023 by The Movement IP B.V. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by MERKENBUREAU KNIJFF & PARTNERS B.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 7, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 21, 2023. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on March 5, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
User authentication software
Software for the operational management of portable magnetic and electronic cards
Integrated circuit cards [smart cards]
Electronic key cards
Encoded key cards
Magnetically encoded key cards
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers
IC card readers
Blank electronic chip cards
Transponders
Radio frequency identification devices [transponders]
Aforementioned products solely in the context of authentication or certification of persons or users and expressly not in the context of authentication or certification of products or other goods.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
User authentication services using single sign-on technology for online software applications for e-commerce transactions
User authentication services using blockchain technology
User authentication services using technology for e-commerce transactions
Providing user authentication services using biometric hardware and software technology for e-commerce transactions
Aforementioned services solely in the context of authentication or certification of persons or users and expressly not in the context of authentication or certification of products or other goods.