The trademark Q was filed by QITS GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 7, 2023, and received one opposition filed on December 6, 2023 by QSC, LLC on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by KELTIE LIMITED and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 6, 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:
Computer networking and data communications equipment, excluding sound mixers, loudspeakers, amplifiers, microphones, cameras, and digital audio signal processors
Computer software for logistics
Business software
Business process management [BPM] software
Data management software
All of the foregoing excluding software to operate or remotely control audio/visual equipment and software to operate or to control audio/visual environments.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Organisational project management in the field of electronic data processing
Output management, namely organisational services in the fields of creation, shipping management and response monitoring of physical and electronic documents
Organisational consultancy relating to the marketing of goods and services
Advice relating to marketing management
Computerised data processing.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Providing access to and leasing access time to computer databases
Providing telecommunications connections to databases
Providing access to computer networks
Consultancy services relating to data communications.
The mark was filed in class 39 with Shipping of documents.
The mark was filed in class 40 with Printing.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Information technology consulting
IT project management
Software engineering
Output management, namely technical services in the fields of creation, shipping management and response monitoring of physical and electronic documents
Technical preparation of data in electronic databases
Off-site data backup
Electronic data back-up
Internet web site design services
Technical data protection consultancy
IT security, protection and restoration
Providing electronic memory space on the Internet
Rental of a database server (to third parties)
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
None of the aforesaid services relating to the installation, operation or maintenance of audio/visual equipment or remotely control audio/visual equipment or environment.