The trademark e essendi was filed by Dominique HAGLON, a national of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 11, 2023, and received one opposition filed on August 8, 2023 by essendi it GmbH on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 8, 2023
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 3, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Efficiency experts and business information
Business management and organization consultancy
Administrative assistance in the editing of bids
Administrative assistance in managing calls for tender
Administrative assistance in analysing responses from suppliers
Opinion polling
Business inquiries
Business research
Business management
Business administration
Office functions
Efficiency experts
Economic forecasting
Market research
Business management assistance
Book-keeping
Document reproduction
Employment agency services
Business information and enquiries provided by consultants operating in call centres via telephone, electronic means and fax
Business information research within computer files for others
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Collection and systematic ordering of data in a central file
Secretarial services and in particular telephone switchboard services
Computerized file management
Processing of data, signals, images and information processed by computers
Creation of a photo library, namely collection, compilation and systematic ordering of images in a central file
Advertising in relation to the operation and management of hotel establishments
Point-of-sale advertising
Distribution of prospectuses, samples and advertising articles
Promotion and publicity
Dissemination of advertisements and advertising matter
Publication of advertising literature
Dissemination of information or messages for advertising purposes by telephone, computer terminals or the press
Rental of advertising space
Publicity columns preparation
Sales promotion for others
Consultancy relating to marketing, advertising and business communication
Preparation or assistance in the preparation of marketing plans, marketing strategies
Communications agencies (pubic relations), commercial information agencies
Consultancy relating to graphic communication (advertising)
Rental of office machinery and equipment
Updating of advertising material
Advertising by mail order
Radio advertising
Television advertising
Organisation of exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes
Organization of exhibitions for commercial purposes
Publicity material rental
Retailing of clothing, lighters, travelling bags of leather, pocket wallets of leather, purses of leather, key cases of leather, umbrellas, spectacles, bath towels, dressing gowns, golf balls, computer accessories, tableware articles, other than knives, forks and spoons, mattresses, beds, bed linen
Administrative consultancy relating to organisation in the field of financial goods for employees and shareholders
Business management of hotels
Business management assistance and consultancy in business management and organisation, in the field of environmental protection and sustainable development
Studies, information and consultancy in the field of improvement of and compliance with working conditions, namely consultancy in relation to personnel matters and human resources management
Office functions for establishing, promoting, advancing, co-ordinating and supervising community services and for promoting and facilitating culture, vocational integration and mutual humanitarian assistance
Management of real estate affairs and real estate business management, including management of hotels, motels, hotel complexes, apartments and hotel residences
Business consultancy and providing of business information, business promotion in all forms and on all kinds of media, including via a computer communications network (the internet or an intranet), and in particular by providing privileged user cards
Organisation and management of business operations to obtain customer loyalty in particular by means of loyalty cards
Personnel management auditing
Administrative management and business management of socio-educational, cultural or humanitarian programmes
Business or administrative management of the reality and quality of services rendered to others
Business consulting services in the field of travel and travel planning
Providing airfare and hotel rate comparison information
Business management and organisation consultancy in relation to franchises
Marketing and communications (marketing)
Business information and reports relating to franchises
Project studies in relation to marketing
Consultancy and assistance in the management and organisation of business affairs within a franchise network
Services of a franchiser, namely business and industrial operation and management assistance
Commercial operation of hotel complexes, motels, holiday homes, restaurants, cafeterias, tea rooms, bars (except clubs)
Organisation of competitions for commercial or advertising purposes and for employee motivation, including via a data communication network (Internet or Intranet).
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Banking
Monetary affairs
Insurance underwriting
Real estate affairs
Valuation of property
Financing and funding services
Financial analysis
Mutual funds and capital investments
Financial consultancy
Financial evaluation [insurance, banking, real estate]
Fund investment services
Stockbroking agency services
Mutual funds
Capital investments to assist in the creation of new companies
Management of real estate and accommodation, including hotels, motels, hotel complexes and apartment hotels
Accommodation bureaux (apartments), accommodation and lodging management, real-estate hire-purchase financing, rental of apartments, studios and rooms
Financial services relating to the holding of loyalty cards
Loyalty card payment services
Financial services relating to the holding of promotional loyalty coupons
Services relating to payment by promotional loyalty coupons
Issuing and financial management of means of payment, in particular purchasing vouchers
Issuing of travellers' cheques and tokens of value
Provident fund services
Issuing of travellers' cheques or credit cards
Charitable fund raising
Managing and monitoring of charitable funds
Organization of collections
Organisation of fund raising activities and events
Financial services, namely, providing funding for educational scholarships, fellowships and humanitarian grants, providing funding for educational, humanitarian, cultural and/or intercultural exchange programs
Financing for people in difficulty
Financing services, namely Patronage for the development of cultural know-how and local cultural heritage
Online charitable fund raising services
Arranging of payment for providing gifts and goods or services of all kinds by the issuing, distribution and reimbursement of vouchers, coupons, counterfoils, prepaid, debit or credit cards or any other method of payment, in particular via a computer network.
The mark was filed in class 43 with following description of goods:
Hotel services, providing of food and drink
Temporary accommodation
Hotels
Cafeterias, tea rooms, bars (other than clubs)
Travel agencies, namely reserving hotel rooms for travellers and temporary lodgings
Travel agency services, namely, making reservations and bookings for restaurants and meals
Providing information relating to hotels, temporary accommodation and restaurants
Butler services
Reservation, rental and hiring of conference and meeting halls, rooms and spaces
Reservation, loan and rental of rooms, halls and spaces for seminars, banquets, cocktails and receptions
Consultancy (non-business) in the fields of hotels and restaurants.