The trademark SmartXS was filed by BNS HOLDING B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 24, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 23, 2023 by ABUS August Bremicker Söhne KG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by MANITZ FINSTERWALD PATENT- UND RECHTSANWALTSPARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 23, 2023
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on February 25, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Electronic cables
Optical cables
Fibre optic cables
USB cables
Cable splices for electric cables
Connection blocks [electric cable]
Data synchronization cables
Junction sleeves for electric cables
Sheaths for electric cables
Ducts [electricity]
Cable identification markers for electric cables
Conduit for electric cables
Ducting for electric cables
Cables for optical signal transmission
Strain relief cable glands
USB cables for cellphones
Tags for identifying electric cables
Materials for electricity mains [wires, cables]
Apparatus, instruments and cables for electricity
Junction boxes [electricity]
Cables for electrical signal transmission
Electrical cabling
Electronic device software drivers that allow computer hardware and electronic devices to communicate with each other
Computer hardware for remotely accessing and transmitting data
Computers and computer hardware
Data communications hardware
Computer networking hardware
USB hardware
Computer hardware
VPN [virtual private network] hardware
WAN [wide area network] hardware
Communications servers [computer hardware]
Extremely High Frequency [EHF] wireless network apparatus
Super High Frequency [SHF] wireless network apparatus
Communications equipment
Network servers
Network dialers
Network boards
Network routers
Network cabling
Network controlling apparatus
Network communication apparatus
Local area networks
Optical networks
Wide area networks
Network management control apparatus
Network communication devices
Networking software
Computer programs for network management
USB Dongles [Wireless network adapters]
Network operating system programs
LAN [local operating network] hardware
Wireless local area network devices
Network access server operating software
Network access server hardware
Interface network modems
Communication, networking and social networking software
Data transmission networks
Adapters for wireless network access
Devices for streaming media content over local wireless networks
Add-on circuit boards for connecting computers to networking software
LAN [local area network] computer cards for connecting portable computer devices to computer networks
Wireless routers
USB wireless routers
Computer network routers
Wide area network (WAN) routers
Routers for routing audio, video, and digital signals
Receivers of electronic signals
Transmitters of electronic signals
Transmitters for the transmission of electronic signals
Digital signal processing apparatus
Computer hardware for routing audio, video, and digital signals
Cables for transmitting and receiving cable television signals
All the aforementioned goods not in the field of security at home, mobile security, commercial security and preventive security with the exception of firewalls and vpn routers.