The trademark True & North was filed by Rochelais Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 1, 2023, and received one opposition filed on September 3, 2023 by CoreFiling S.A.R.L. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Whyatt, Bernard Anthony and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 3, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Electronic publications, for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training
Publications in electronic form supplied online from a database or from facilities provided on the Internet or other networks (including websites) for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training
All relating to education and training programmes
None of the aforesaid relating to financial software or financial reporting software.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Education for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training and training for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training
Provision of training for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training and educational services for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training
Publication of educational books in the field of training materials for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training
Publication of curricula in the field of training materials for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training
Publication of educational texts (other than publicity text) in the field of training materials for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training
Conducting seminars in the field of training for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training and training programmes in the field of training for corporate teams in soft business skills relating to sales, leadership, human resources, marketing, and design thinking, but excluding financial training
None of the aforesaid relating to financial software or financial reporting software.