The trademark Nipro Digital Technologies was filed by NIPRO CORPORATION, a corporation established under the laws of Japan (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 3, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 25, 2020 by RTL Television GmbH on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 25, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003122307 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on October 5, 2021 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication machines and apparatus
Computer software for medical testing, diagnosis and treatment
Computer software for database management
Computer software for project management
Downloadable video and audio files
Electronic publications, downloadable
Devices for storing, reading, collecting, printing, displaying and transmitting information for medical testing, diagnosis and treatment
Portable computers, smartphones, tablet computers and portable media players.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunications
Providing access to the internet
Providing access to electronic database.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Design and development of computer hardware and software
Maintenance of software
Rental of computers and computer software
Rental of web servers
Computer and software consultancy services
Scientific and technological services and research and design related thereto.