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Rainmaker Society

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January 13, 2021

Trademark Summary

The trademark Rainmaker Society was filed by RainmakerSociety GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 24, 2021, and received one opposition filed on June 21, 2021 by Fluhrer, Helmut on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Eversheds Sutherland (Germany) Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Solicitors Partnerschaft mbB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 21, 2021

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 003149209 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 10, 2022 by the EUIPO.

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Software
  2. Downloadable software applications in the form of networking software for employers, employees and recruitment agencies, and businesses and investors
  3. Electronic databanks
  4. Data processing equipment and computers
  5. Data storage devices
  6. Mobile apps
  7. Data, documents, information, photographs, video, audio, text and other media or multimedia, all being electronically recorded or downloadable from the internet or other communications networks
  8. Electronic publications stored on computer media
  9. Downloadable electronic publications
  10. Executive recruitment software.
• The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Advertising, marketing and promotional services
  2. Human resources management and recruitment services
  3. Personnel recruitment
  4. Human resources consultancy
  5. Career placement consulting services
  6. Personnel recruitment agency services
  7. Employee leasing
  8. Staff utilisation planning
  9. Personnel services
  10. Evaluation of personnel requirements
  11. Collection of personnel information
  12. Providing recruitment information via a global computer network
  13. Providing of information, including via the internet, in the fields of personnel placement, personnel recruitment, career paths, personal questions with regard to professional development and the world of work, professional opportunities, job listings and CVs
  14. Providing on-line interactive employment counseling and recruitment services
  15. Online personnel placement
  16. Networking services for employers, employees and recruitment agencies, and businesses and investors
  17. Employment agency services
  18. Forwarding of responses to job advertisements via computer networks
  19. Careers advice
  20. Forwarding of resumes and/or curriculum vitaes and information between potential employees and potential employers
  21. Analysis and accumulation of data relating to businesses as employers and potential employees, being recruitment agency services
  22. Automated comparison of data from business and applicant databases
  23. Establishing suitable candidates for job opportunities using semantic searching and semantic matching
  24. Dissemination of advertising for others via the Internet
  25. Talent intermediary services, personnel selection and scouting, consulting and advice to career plans, personnel hiring
  26. Employment consultancy
  27. Online business networking services
  28. Business networking and knowledge exchange between persons and businesses
  29. Executive placement services.
• The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Career and vocational counselling (education)
  2. Organizing events and conferences
  3. Organisation of talent shows, Editorial services
  4. Organisation of Webinars.
• The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
  
  1. IT services
  2. Platform as a service (PaaS) in the form of a networking website for employers, employees and recruitment agencies, and businesses and investors
  3. Software as a service (SaaS) in the form of a website for providing and exchanging job advertisements and applicant information
  4. Consultancy with regard to the application of software, in particular for software for managing, systemisation and filtering of information from job advertisements, covering letters and curricula vitae.