The trademark FLOW4SECURE was filed by Fiegl & Spielberger Solution GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant") and FAST Protect GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on May 4, 2023, and received one opposition filed on July 30, 2023 by 4flow SE on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by LINDENPARTNERS and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 30, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Office and business applications
Supply chain management software
Logistics software
Computer software for controlling and managing access server applications
Computer software for the remote control of security apparatus
Computer applications for automated vehicle parking control
Process controlling software
Biometric software
Home automation software
Reservation systems software
Interfaces for computers
Predictive maintenance software
Cloud server software
Web application and server software
Access control systems (Automatic -)
Access control units (Automatic -)
Access control installations (Automatic -)
Encoded key cards
Access security apparatus (Automatic -)
Digital door locks
Access security apparatus (Electric -)
Access control systems (Electric -)
Electrical access control apparatus
Electronic key cards
Access control cards [encoded or magnetic]
Keys (Encoded -)
All of the aforesaid goods exclusively in relation to the following fields: Access management, management of identities, visitor management, room booking, management of external service providers and employees and management of accesses, gates and entrances to buildings or properties.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Advisory services relating to the use of computer software
Providing information, advice and consultancy services in the field of computer software
Computer programming and software design
Software design and development
Software engineering
Design, maintenance and up-dating of computer software
Design and development of driver software
Development, updating and maintenance of software and database systems
Design and development of computer software for process control
Computer software technical support services
Technological advisory services relating to computer programs
Access Control as a Service (ACaaS)
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for database management
Providing temporary use of non-downloadable business software
Providing temporary use of web-based applications
Installation of Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) software
Consultancy and information services relating to the design, programming and maintenance of computer software
All the aforesaid services only in relation to the following fields: Access management, management of identities, visitor management, room booking, management of external service providers and employees and management of accesses, gates and entrances to buildings or properties.