The trademark PONS was filed by National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 16, 2020, and received one opposition filed on October 18, 2020 by PONS SEGURIDAD VIAL, S.L. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by PONS IP, S.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 18, 2020
The application was filed in Swedish, and Swedish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 23, 2020.
The Opposition with reference B 003132996 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 1, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer software for traffic planning, transport planning and traffic management
Computer software for analysis, computation and optimisation of traffic flow, transport flow and public transport
Computer software for control of traffic flow, transport flow, public transport and traffic infrastructure devices
Traffic control systems
Transport monitoring systems
Computer software for the integration and optimisation of smart city applications
Computer software for enabling interaction and activating interfaces between vehicles and devices in the field of traffic infrastructure and traffic infrastructure data systems
Computer software for integration, control and management of applications, sensors and components in the field of traffic infrastructure
Interfaces for computers
Interface software for traffic infrastructure
Big data management software
Artificial intelligence and machine learning software
Vehicle tracking systems
Downloadable mobile applications for travel planning, car sharing, booking of travel, booking of taxi, carpools, finding and unlocking vehicles, providing route information, vehicle rental and payment of travel services
Computer software for travel planning, car sharing, booking of travel, booking of taxi, carpools, finding and unlocking vehicles, providing route information, vehicle rental and payment of travel services
Computer software for data and file management
Data processing systems
Databases
Databases (electronic)
Internet of Things [IoT] sensors
Sensors, detectors and monitoring instruments for vehicles and traffic infrastructure
Traffic management apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods:
Vehicles
Apparatus for locomotion by land
Electric vehicles
Cars
Autonomous vehicles
Driverless cars [autonomous cars]
Propulsion mechanisms for land vehicles
Driving motors for land vehicles
Motors, electric, for land vehicles
Automobile parts
Automotive components.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Retailing relating to vehicles, cars, car parts and car components
Data processing
Collating of data in computer databases.
The mark was filed in class 39 with following description of goods:
Providing travel planning services, car sharing services, taxi booking services, carpool services and rental of vehicles via mobile applications
Transport
Organisation of trips
Arrangement of transportation
Rental and leasing of vehicles and cars
Rental of vehicles and cars with drivers
Automobile rental reservation services
Carpooling services
Car sharing services
Trip planning services
Travel arrangement and tourist information relating to travel
Taxi transport
Professional consultancy relating to traffic and transport
Tracking of passenger or freight vehicles by computer or via GPS
Traffic management and traffic information
Route showing services
Provision of data relating to methods of transport
Computerised information services relating to roads, traffic, road and traffic situation, traffic jams, road transport, vehicles, travel itineraries, travel, passenger transport, car rental services and parking spaces for vehicles
Information relating to roads, traffic, road and traffic situation, traffic jams, road transport, vehicles, travel itineraries, travel, passenger transport, car rental services and parking spaces for vehicles
Provision of information relating to road conditions.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Research and development relating to the automotive industry
Research and development relating to mobility, infrastructure, road infrastructure, traffic planning, electric roads, urban planning, parking solutions, charging facilities for vehicles, transport, logistics, traffic safety, driverless vehicles and public transport and information and advisory services relating thereto
Planning of technical projects in the field of mobility, infrastructure, road infrastructure, traffic planning, electric roads, urban planning, parking solutions, charging facilities for vehicles, transport, logistics, traffic safety, driverless vehicles and public transport
Urban planning
Technical consultancy in the field of environmental science
Research and development of new products for others
Software design and development
Development of computer platforms
Rental of computer software
Rental of data platforms
Technical data analysis services
Providing science technology information
Design and development of systems for data input, output, processing, display and storage
Data mining
Data migration services
Electronic data storage
Hosting of databases
Rental of computer database software
Providing on-line non-downloadable software for database management
None of the aforementioned services in the fields of translation or language education.