The trademark FINST was filed by Finst Technology B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 23, 2023, and received one opposition filed on August 23, 2023 by SIZ GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by DOMPATENT VON KREISLER SELTING WERNER - PARTNERSCHAFT VON PATENTANWÄLTEN UND RECHTSANWÄLTEN MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 23, 2023
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch 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 November 13, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial information, Financial advice and Financial consultations, including in relation to the following goods: Cryptocurrencies
Trading services, in relation to the following goods: Cryptocurrencies
Course plotting and Rating services, in relation to the following goods: currencies, including the following products: Digital currency and Cryptocurrencies
Providing of exchange rates in relation to the following goods: currencies, including the following products: Digital currency, cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Valuation of financial transactions in relation to the following goods: currencies, including the following products: Digital currency, cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Indexing and Rating services in relation to the following goods: currencies, including the following products: Digital currency and cryptocurrency
Conversion and transfer of assets into digital currencies and cryptocurrencies
Trading services in relation to the following goods: currencies, including the following products: Digital currency, cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Finance services, namely Providing an online digital asset exchange, including for the trading of cryptocurrency for currency and currency for cryptocurrency
Financial administration services, in the following fields: Crypto exchanges for the trading of cryptocurrency for currency and currency for cryptocurrency
Banking in relation to the following goods: Electronic currency, cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Determining and providing of financial index valuation in relation to the following goods: foreign currency, Domestic currency, Electronic currency and cryptocurrency
Provision of exchange rates in relation to the following goods: foreign currency, Domestic currency, Electronic currency and cryptocurrency
Provision, in relation to the following goods: Currency benchmark values
Valuation of financial transactions with cryptocurrencies
Providing of real-time and historical financial information, in relation to the following goods: cryptocurrency
Appraisal in relation to the following goods: cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Finance services
Financial advice
Financial planning services
Banking
Arranging of investments, including the following services: Investment custody
Storage of valuables, for others
Counselling services and Intermediary services, in the following fields: Arranging of investments
Financial analysis, estimates and budgets
Financing and funding services
Wealth management and Consultancy relating to the aforesaid services
Financial management, in the following fields: Partnerships and organisations
Monetary affairs
Preparation of financial expert reports
Brokering services and advisory services in the following fields: Share transactions, securities transactions and Debenture transactions
The aforesaid services also online and in conjunction with and dedicated to digital assets, namely trade-able tokens on the blockchain, such as cryptocurrency, NFT and tokenized securities.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Providing of temporary use of non-downloadable software for analysing financial data and Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for generating reports, In connection with the following goods: Cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Hosting of transaction platforms on the internet In connection with the following goods: Cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Temporary use of online non-downloadable computer software In connection with the following goods: Cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Hosting of an interactive website enabling users to view and access financial news, data and information In connection with the following goods: Cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Design and development of information technology systems, applications and processes, In connection with the following goods: Cryptocurrency, Financial assets and digital assets
Computer programming, Research and draughting, In connection with the following goods: Interactive computer software and computer hardware for determining and providing financial index valuations of cryptocurrencies and other financial and digital assets and for providing exchange rates for cryptocurrencies and other financial and digital assets
Provision, In connection with the following goods: Online computer software for electronic payment processing, investment purposes and for managing and planning financial affairs
The aforesaid services also online and in conjunction with and dedicated to digital assets, namely trade-able tokens on the blockchain, such as cryptocurrency, NFT and tokenized securities.