The trademark CISCO SECUREX was filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 5, 2020, and received one opposition filed on July 30, 2020 by SECUREX INVEST on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by NOVAGRAAF BELGIUM S.A./N.V. and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 30, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on September 5, 2022. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 16, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer hardware
Computer networking hardware
Computer network switches, servers and routers
Computer hardware containing network security functionality, including firewalls, data encryption, and/or interoperability with network security protocols
Computer software for securing mobile devices
Computer software for administering, managing, and monitoring network traffic and access, optimizing network performance, performing network diagnostics, detecting malware and network threats, and reporting network security and performance analytics
Computer software that provides monitoring, analysis, auditing, management, detecting, classifying, protecting, reporting, and securing of sensitive information and data located in cloud computing environments for computer and mobile applications, computer and mobile platforms, and user interfaces related thereto
Computer software for ensuring the security of data located in cloud computing environments
Computer software and applications for providing user behavior analytics, security forensics, risk management, data loss prevention, cloud data protection, data governance, compliance monitoring, data rights management, data security, and secure storage and access to data, files and media
Computer software platforms for locating, assessing, measuring and remediating suspected malware that targets computing devices
Computer software for location based analytics of website and Internet traffic
Computer software for database management
VPN (virtual private network) operating software
Software for computers and mobile devices to secure remote access via the Internet to private computer networks
Computer software and computer hardware for network security, email and web security, secure access control, user identification, encryption and security management
Messaging and network security appliances comprising computer hardware and software for detecting, blocking, and automating the removal of computer viruses and threats, encrypting and authenticating data, preventing data loss, recovering data, securing networks, and detecting, filtering, analyzing, managing and blocking electronic communications
Computer hardware and software for data centers for use in collecting, analyzing and reporting of computer network and telecommunications data
Computer software and network security hardware for use in detection and prevention of network intrusions and malware and for controlling and managing network user access and for enforcement of network policies
Computer software and network security hardware for monitoring, analyzing or reporting of network information, data and traffic
Computer software and network security hardware for optimizing computer system resources and availability
Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of e-books, compliance guides, data sheets, and reports in the fields of cloud computing and data security for public cloud computing environments
Downloadable webcasts, webinars, case studies, audio files, and videos in the fields of cloud computing and data security for cloud computing environments
All of the aforementioned goods being solely in the field of computer security.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Providing a website namely blogs and online non-downloadable publications in the nature of e-books, compliance guides, data sheets, and reports in the fields of cloud computing and data security for cloud computing environments
Providing a website namely online non-downloadable webcasts, webinars, case studies, audio files, and videos in the fields of cloud computing and data security for cloud computing environments
All of the aforementioned services being solely in the field of computer security.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Computer consulting services
Technical support services in the fields of computer, data, email, web and network security
Monitoring of network systems for technical and computer security purposes and troubleshooting in the nature of diagnosing computer hardware and software problems
Computer services, namely, detecting, blocking, and automating the removal of computer network intrusions, malware, viruses and threats, encrypting and authenticating data, preventing data-loss, recovering data, securing networks, and detecting, filtering, analyzing, managing and blocking electronic communications
Computer services, namely, filtering of unwanted e-mails
On-line services, namely collecting information from members regarding unwanted e-mails, and reporting information to network administrators
Computer services, namely, hosting on-line web facilities for others for setting up and monitoring wireless networks, managing users, applying software updates, setting bandwidth limits, and maintaining branded splash pages
Software as a service (SAAS) services, namely, hosting software for use by others for detecting, blocking, and automating the removal of computer network intrusions, malware, viruses and threats, encrypting and authenticating data, preventing data-loss, recovering data, securing networks, and detecting, filtering, analyzing, managing and blocking electronic communications
Software as a service (SAAS) services namely software for data centers for use in collecting, analyzing and reporting of computer network and telecommunications data
Software as a service services (SAAS) namely software that provides monitoring, analysis, auditing, user behavior analytics, security forensics, risk and data management, data loss prevention, cloud data protection and threat detection, as well as classifying, reporting and securing sensitive information on computers and mobile applications and platforms, and presenting such sensitive information in an easy to understand user interface
Software as a service (SAAS) services, namely, hosting software for use by others for data security purposes by providing authentication
Consulting services in the field of design, selection, implementation, management and use of computer hardware and software systems for others
Consulting services in the field of data analytics, telemetry and computer networking
Computer network design
Providing software technological support services and consultation in the field of computer software, development and use of computer hardware, use of networking equipment, computer network design, storage design, network security, cloud security, data center design and analytics
Consulting services in the field of cloud computing
Cloud computing namely software for use in securing data located in a cloud computing environment
Computer security services, namely, enforcing, restricting and controlling access privileges of users of cloud computing resources based on assigned credentials
Computer security services, namely, restricting access to and by computer networks to and of undesired websites and media
Computer virus protection services
Internet security services, namely, globally monitoring and collecting cybersecurity intelligence in the nature of collecting and disseminating information from computer networks about cyber threats and malware
Monitoring of computer systems for security purposes
Providing security threat management systems, namely, monitoring and tracking of security vulnerabilities and problems in computer software products, the Internet, and computer networks
Computer network and Internet security services
Research in the field of cybersecurity
Providing information in the field of computer network and Internet security
Providing technical information in the field of computer software applications
Providing technical information in the field of big data computer network security analytics
Information services, offered through reports accessible over a global computer network, providing statistical information about high volume internet messages and other network communications for use in management of information systems
All of the aforementioned services being solely in the field of computer security.