The trademark Karma was filed by SEIBERT MEDIA GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 10, 2023, and received one opposition filed on May 22, 2023 by CAIXA ECONÓMICA MONTEPIO GERAL, CAIXA ECONÓMICA BANCÁRIA, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ALVARO DUARTE & ASSOCIADOS and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 22, 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 003196407 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 25, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Personal computer application software for document control systems
Communication, networking and social networking software
Data and file management and database software
Office and business applications
Media and publishing software
Downloadable computer utility software
Content management software
Application software
Web application and server software
Software.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software development, programming and implementation
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
IT consultancy, advisory and information services
IT services, none of the follwing: hosting of electronic memory space on the internet for advertising products and services
Hosting web portals
Server housing
Hosting computer sites [web sites]
Hosting and memory space rental for websites
Hosting of ecommerce platforms on the internet
Hosting platforms on the internet
Design and visualization of homepages and web pages
Design and construction of homepages and websites
Planning, design, development and maintenance of online websites for third parties, recorded content - information technology and audio-visual and multimedia devices.