The trademark resonate was filed by Rostech e.U., a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 31, 2023, and received one opposition filed on November 1, 2023 by Resonate Group Limited on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Mathys & Squire Europe Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 1, 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 003205871 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on October 1, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Business technology software
Mesh network software
Collaboration software platforms [software]
Software
Document automation software
Software for product development
Databases
Directories [electric or electronic]
Data recorded electronically from the internet
Downloadable and recorded content
Computer software
Data processing equipment
Data communications hardware
Computers.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Technical advice relating to safety
Information technology [IT] consultancy
Design services relating to computer hardware and to computer programmes
Science and technology services
Data encryption services
Data encryption and decoding services
Encryption, decryption and authentication of information, messages and data
Computer security threat analysis for protecting data
Authentication services for computer security
Data security services [firewalls]
Computer virus protection services
Computer security services for protection against illegal network access
IT services for data protection
Monitoring of computer systems for detecting unauthorized access or data breach
Monitoring of computer systems for security purposes