The trademark ABA was filed by American Bar Association, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 18, 2023, and received one opposition filed on March 18, 2024 by ABACUS Research AG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER PARTNERSCHAFTSGESELLSCHAFT VON RECHTSANWÄLTEN, ADVOCATEN UND AVOCATS À LA COUR MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 18, 2024
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Downloadable mobile applications providing news, information and electronic publications in the field of law
Downloadable podcasts in the field of law
Downloadable e-books on legal topics for lawyer and non-lawyer consumers.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Association services, namely, promoting public awareness of the legal system, the legal profession, and the need to improve the legal system for the public
Association services, namely, promoting the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals
Promoting public awareness of the law, legal processes, and the law's impact on society by means of public advocacy
Promoting public awareness of the rule of law, the legal process, and the role of the legal profession in an effort to promote respect for the rule of law, the legal process, and the role of the legal profession
Promotion services, namely promoting the advancement of justice through rigorous research on the law, legal processes, and the law's impact on our society
Business networking
Providing online employment information in the field of legal job listings
Online retail store services of publications in the field of law
Promoting the goods and services of others by providing discounts, including in the field of insurance, marketed exclusively to lawyers, judges, law students, other legal professionals and personnel, legal entities comprised of the foregoing, family members of the foregoing, and members of an association that promotes the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals
Promoting the goods and/or services of others in the field of insurance that are marketed exclusively to members and their families and prospective members of an association that promotes the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals and personnel, and legal entities comprised of the foregoing
Promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for businesses to affiliate their insurance services with the goods and services of a third party by means of sponsorship relationships in the field of insurance marketed exclusively to lawyers, judges, law students, other legal professionals and personnel, legal entities comprised of the foregoing, family members of the foregoing
Promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for businesses to affiliate their insurance services with the goods and services of a third party by means of sponsorship relationships in the field of insurance marketed exclusively to members of an association that promotes the interests of the legal profession and lawyers, judges, law students and other legal professionals.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Publishing of books and e-books on legal topics for lawyer and non-lawyer consumers
Publishing of e-books, journals, books and handbooks in the field of law
Providing on-line publications in the nature of a magazine in the field of law
Education services, namely, providing live and on-line continuing legal education courses
Educational services, namely, conducting seminars, educational forums, courses and programs in legal education and on legal topics, and distributing course materials in connection therewith
Arranging and conducting educational conferences
Education services, namely, providing non-downloadable webinars in the field of law
Arranging and conducting business conferences.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Legal information services
Providing news, information, and commentary in the field of law, namely, legal news, information, and commentary via a website and social media feeds
Public policy research services, namely, researching issues facing the legal system in the United States and internationally.