The trademark GSBD Swiss was filed by Josip Heit, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 26, 2023, and received one opposition filed on July 10, 2023 by BDSwiss AG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Fortmeyer, Jan-Alexander and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 10, 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 003199194 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 2, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Recorded data files
Recorded data [magnetic]
Downloadable and recorded content
Data recorded electronically from the internet
Software
Mobile apps
Application software
Downloadable software
Downloadable computer software for blockchain technology
Cloud server software.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Finance services
Financial, monetary and banking services
Valuation services
Financial transactions via blockchain
Computerised financial services.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication services
Computer communication and Internet access
Providing access to telecommunication networks
Providing user access to platforms on the Internet
Providing access to platforms on the Internet.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods: