The trademark caseforce was filed by Legal Hero GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 15, 2023, and received one opposition filed on June 15, 2023 by Salesforce, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 15, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003197655 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 29, 2025 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Consulting services in the field of software as a service [SaaS]
Consultancy and information services relating to software rental
Providing temporary use of non-downloadable business software
Cloud hosting provider services
Application service provider [ASP], namely, hosting computer software applications of others
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
Platform as a service [PaaS]
Software as a service [SaaS]
Hosting computer sites [web sites]
Rental of computer software and programs
Rental of computer programs
Rental of computer software
Development, updating and maintenance of software and database systems
Development and maintenance of computer software
Design, development and implementation of software
Design, development and programming of computer software
Writing and updating computer software
Software design for others
Design, maintenance, development and updating of computer software
Creation, updating and adapting of computer programs
Rental and maintenance of computer software
Maintenance and updating of computer software.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Legal services
Legal document preparation services
Litigation advice
Personal legal affairs consultancy
Litigation consultancy
Advisory services relating to regulatory affairs
Advisory services relating to the law
Solicitors' services
Paralegal services
Alternative dispute resolution services [legal services]
Compilation of legal information
Preparation of legal reports
Provision of information relating to legal services
Providing information relating to legal affairs
Legal information services
Information services relating to legal matters
Legal services relating to business
Legal services in relation to the negotiation of contracts for others