The trademark FLOWMEE was filed by B4U, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 4, 2023, and received one opposition filed on January 18, 2024 by flow consulting gmbh on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GRAMM, LINS & PARTNER PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTE PARTGMBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 18, 2024
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The application claimed as seniority of the French Republic trademark 4833653 registered on June 9, 2022 and filed on January 12, 2022 which was accepted by the office.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business intermediary services relating to the matching of various professionals with clients
Commercial intermediation services
Retailing and Amongst others Remote sales, for example Via a global computer network, That is On internet, in relation to the following goods: Personality tests, Psychological testing, Psychometric testing and Related tests, and publications and works relating to the aforesaid goods
Communication consultancy (pubic relations)
Advertising
Advertising space rental services
Compilation of information into computer databases
Computerized file management
Website traffic optimisation
Administering of professional [vocational] certifications
All the aforesaid services exclusively for end consumers and exclusively in the following fields: Providing of psychological and personality tests and matching of users to carers and therapists.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Educational testing
Provision of educational examinations and tests
Psychometric testing amusement purposes, For play purposes or for education purposes
Providing information, In connection with the following goods: Personality tests, Psychometric testing and Psychological tests Via an online portal
Educational seminars, In connection with the following goods: Personality tests, Psychological testing and Psychometric testing
Teaching
Training
Online publication of electronic books and journals
Electronic publishing services
Publication of texts, other than publicity texts, including electronic publication
Providing of online electronic publications, downloadable or not downloadable
Provision of audio and visual media via communications networks
Provision of online information relating to audio and visual media
Certification of educational services
Educational certification services, namely, providing training and educational examination
All the aforesaid services exclusively for end consumers and exclusively in the following fields: Providing of psychological and personality tests and matching of users to carers and therapists.