The trademark SWITCH was filed by Synchron Australia PTY LTD, a corporation established under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 9, 2023, and received one opposition filed on September 25, 2023 by Greiner Bio-One GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ANWÄLTE BURGER UND PARTNER RECHTSANWALT GMBH and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 25, 2023
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 9 with following description of goods:
Brain-machine interface system
An implantable electrode array
Downloadable software for decoding or translating neural signals to digital information, a graphic user interface that displays the outputs of a brain-machine interface system
Application software for monitoring patient vital signs, recording signals acquired by electrodes, controlling currents delivered to electrodes and recording electrical, neural, and electrophysiological signals generated from, and input to, persons and animals
Software for governing the use of a graphic user interface that displays the outputs of a brain-machine interface system, computer software for monitoring patient vital signs, recording signals acquired by electrodes, controlling currents delivered to electrodes and recording electrical, neural, and electrophysiological signals generated from, and input to, persons and animals
Software for monitoring patient vital signs, recording signals acquired by electrodes, controlling currents delivered to electrodes and recording electrical, neural, chemical, biological and thermal signals generated from, and input to, persons and animals.
The mark was filed in class 10 with following description of goods:
Medical devices, namely, stents and electrodes
Medical devices used for treatment of neurological conditions
Apparatus for medical use, namely, for the purpose of stimulation and/or recording of electrical, neural and/or electrophysiological signals generated from, and input to, persons and animals
Stents
Implantable electrode array for controlling an external device for treating neurological disorders
Implantable endovascular device for controlling an external device for treating neurological disorders and a device for controlling an external device for treating neurological disorders
Minimally-invasive device for controlling an external device for treating neurological disorders
Electrodes for medical purposes and uses
Medical electrodes for picking up biological and electrophysiological parameters