The trademark FreeBiiz was filed by Jean-philip GUYON, a national of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 18, 2020, and received one opposition filed on June 30, 2020 by FREE on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by COURSIN CHARLIER AVOCATS and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 30, 2020
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003125397 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 30, 2021 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business management
Commercial intermediation services
Computerised auditing
Arranging of commercial and business contacts
Business intermediary services relating to the matching of potential private investors with entrepreneurs needing funding
Personnel recruitment advertising
Personnel recruitment
Professional recruitment services
Recruitment of temporary personnel
Recruitment of computer staff
Consultancy of personnel recruitment
Recruitment of executive staff
Recruitment of temporary technical personnel
Personnel placement and recruitment
Provision of information relating to recruitment
Business recruitment consultancy
Temporary personnel services
Personnel consultancy
Personnel recruitment agency services
Personality testing for recruitment purposes
Human resources management and recruitment services
Recruitment services for sales and marketing personnel
Management advice relating to the recruitment of staff
Advertising services relating to the recruitment of personnel
Assistance relating to recruitment and placement of staff
Selection of executive personnel
Dissemination of information relating to the recruitment of graduates
Provision of advice relating to the recruitment of graduates
Employment agency services relating to au pairs
Arranging and conducting recruitment fairs
Recruitment of high-level management personnel
Consultancy relating to management selection.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication services
Arranging access to databases on the internet
Providing access to databases in computer networks
Providing access to databases.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software development
Compression of data for electronic storage
Software as a service [SaaS]
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring software for deep learning
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring software for machine learning
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring software for deep neural networks
Platforms for artificial intelligence as software as a service [SaaS]
Consulting services in the field of software as a service [SaaS]
Digitization of documents.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Online social networking services
Online social networking services accessible by means of downloadable mobile applications