The trademark PatronFX was filed by FOREX TB LIMITED, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 20, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 20, 2021 by Patron Capital Advisers LLP on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BAKER TILLY RECHTSANWALTSGESELLSCHAFT MBH and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 20, 2021
The application was filed in Greek, and Greek was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003139395 was refused according to Article 8(5) EUTMR with decision issued on June 2, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising, marketing and promotional services
Business assistance, management and administrative services
Auctioneering services
Sales management services
Purchasing of goods and services for other businesses
Procurement of contracts for the purchase and sale of goods and services
Mediation of agreements regarding the sale and purchase of goods
Mediation of trade business for third parties
Mediation of contracts for purchase and sale of products
Negotiation of commercial transactions for third parties
Negotiation and conclusion of commercial transactions for third parties
Negotiation and conclusion of commercial transactions for third parties via telecommunication systems
Negotiation of contracts relating to the purchase and sale of goods
Sales administration
Arranging commercial transactions, for others, via online shops
Arranging subscriptions to Internet services
Arranging of buying and selling contracts for third parties
Arranging of trading transactions and commercial contracts
Subscriptions (arranging -) to a telematics, telephone or computer service [internet]
Arranging of subscriptions for the publications of others
Arranging subscriptions of the online publications of others
Arranging subscriptions to telephone services
Administrative services relating to employee stock plans
Administrative processing of warranty claims
Administrative processing of purchase orders placed by telephone or computer
Administrative processing of computerized purchase orders
Administrative order processing
Administrative processing of purchase orders
Administrative processing of purchase orders within the framework of services provided by mail-order companies
Arranging of contractual [trade]services with third parties
Commercial administration of the licensing of the goods and services of others
Procurement services for others [purchasing goods and services for other businesses]
Electronic order processing
Arranging of contracts for others for the buying and selling of goods
Arranging of contracts for the purchase and sale of goods and services, for others
Brokerage of name and address based lists
Arranging of contracts, for others, for the providing of services
Arranging of commercial and business contacts
Mediation and conclusion of commercial transactions for others
Procurement of contracts for others relating to the sale of goods
Arranging business introductions relating to the buying and selling of products
Production of teleshopping programmes
Provision of information concerning commercial sales
Procuring of contracts for the purchase and sale of goods
Advisory and consultancy services relating to the procurement of goods for others
Advice relating to barter trade
Advertising of the services of other vendors, enabling customers to conveniently view and compare the services of those vendors
Procurement of contracts [for others]
Goods or services price quotations
Bidding quotation
Purchasing services
Comparison shopping services
Price analysis services
Purchasing agency services
Business administration services for processing sales made on the internet
Ordering services for third parties
Advisory services relating to commercial transactions
Price comparison services
Telemarketing services
Telephone order-taking services for others
Computerized on-line ordering services.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods: