The trademark MiA was filed by CODEANKER GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 31, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 25, 2023 by INSIGMA IT Engineering GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by REITSTÖTTER KINZEBACH and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 25, 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:
Software
Document automation software
Business technology software
Workforce management software
All of the aforesaid goods exclusively in relation to the following fields: Personnel management consultancy services and Advisory and consultancy services relating to personnel.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Personnel management
Business assistance, management and administrative services
Administration of employee benefit plans
Payroll advisory services
Office administration services [for others]
Computerised payroll preparation
Preparation of documents relating to business
Business administration
Payroll preparation
Preparation of payrolls [for others]
Business secretarial services
Secretarial and clerical services
Secretarial services
Transcription of audio communications
Data transcription
Transcription of messages
Transcription of recorded communications
Word processing and typing services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
IT services
Software development, programming and implementation
Computer programming for the internet
Updating of computer programs for third parties
Updating of computer software for others
Updating home pages for others
Development and testing of software
Development and creation of computer programmes for data processing
Development, design and updating of home pages
Development and maintenance of computer software
Certification of data via blockchain
Computer design and programming services
Development and testing of computing methods, algorithms and software
Development of systems for the processing of data
Development of systems for the storage of data
Development of systems for the transmission of data
Design of data storage systems
Computer system design and development
Design and development of data entry systems
Research in the field of deep learning
Research in the field of computer natural language processing
Research in the field of data processing technology
Research in the field of artificial intelligence technology
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
All aforementioned services only in relation to personnel management and employment consultancy.