The trademark application 4SDV was filed by TTTech Auto AG, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). Application refused.
The application was filed in English (German was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018903160 was Rejected according to Article 7(1)(c) EUTMR with decision issued on January 16, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computers for autonomous-driving vehicles
Computers for autonomous driving
Computer programs for use in autonomous control of vehicles
Computer programs for use in autonomous driving of vehicles
Integrated electronic safety systems for land vehicles
Security software
Software for network and device security
Computer software platforms
Platform software
Software for electronic driving assistance systems
Computer programs for use in the assisted driving of vehicles
Computer applications for automatic vehicle driving control
Autonomous driving control systems for vehicles
Middleware for management of software functions on electronic devices
Computer applications for automated vehicle parking control
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity, fuel, hydraulics, air and other physical media, namely, highly-available distributed controls, switches, electrical controllers
Computer servers and communication network servers for use in connection with deterministic, fault-tolerant and hard real-time Ethernet networking for critical embedded systems, computing centers and data centers
Routers
Computer network adapters
Data switches
Network hubs
Wireless communication devices for voice, data, or image transmission
Semiconductors
Microprocessors
Integrated circuits
Computer central processing units
Computer chipsets for use in transmitting data to and from a central processing unit
Computer motherboards
Computer graphics boards
Computer peripherals
Computer networking hardware
Computer hardware for telecommunications
Modems
Computer network switches
Computer chips
Software development tools
Computer firmware
Middleware
Real-time data processing apparatus
Software tools for planning and verification of software and hardware configurations
Control instruments and data processing apparatus for sending data between computers in a network or distributed computer system, in particular fault-tolerant networks and computer systems.
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods:
Autonomous vehicles
Autonomous land vehicles
Autonomous motor vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Education services, namely, providing seminars and workshops in the field of technology and software development, networking and communication technologies and related systems
Training services in the field of information technology
Online publication of electronic books and journals
Publication of books, magazines, almanacs and journals
Conducting courses, seminars and workshops
Organisation of Webinars
Publication of scientific information journals
Courses (Training -) relating to science
Conducting of conventions
Arranging and conducting of conferences, congresses and symposiums
Education and training in the field of automotive engineering
Technical training relating to safety.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Consulting services in relation to electronic driving assistance systems and automatic driving control systems for vehicles
Consultancy services relating to computer networks
Consultancy in the field of scientific research
IT consultancy, advisory and information services
Functional safety consultancy in the automotive field and in the field of off-highway vehicles
IT consultancy, advisory and information services in relation to electronic driving assistance systems and automatic driving control systems for vehicles
Technical consultancy with regard to the use of computer hardware, computer software and communication technology and networks in companies and in internal and external, and global networks, in the field of communications technology and networks
Software development, programming and implementation in relation to electronic driving assistance systems and automatic driving control systems for vehicles
Design and development of computer software for vehicles
Updating of computer software
Maintenance of computer software
Research in the field of information technology
Research in the field of artificial intelligence
Provision of information relating to scientific research
Research in the field of computer programs and software
Research relating to the development of computer hardware
Preparation of scientific reports
Preparation of reports relating to scientific research
Research relating to security
Computer hardware development
Computer software development
Computer software design
Programming of electronic control systems
Configuration of computer systems and networks
Development of computer firmware
Development of computer peripherals
Development of hardware for digital signal processing
Research and development services relating to computer hardware
Computer system monitoring services
Monitoring of network systems
Data conversion of computer programs and data, not physical conversion
Monitoring of computer systems by remote access
Updating of software
Computer programming
Virtualized hosting of computer programs, applications, operating systems and virtual machines
Cloud computing for use in the automotive sector
Software as a service [SaaS] for use in the automotive sector
Research services in the field of information and telecommunications technology
Product safety testing
Technical advice relating to safety
Safety technology services relating to land vehicles
Consultancy in the field of security software
Maintenance of computer software relating to computer security and prevention of computer risks.