The trademark WECITY was filed by Strukton Civiel Startup & Innovation Centre B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 15, 2021, and received one opposition filed on April 26, 2021 by CITYPRIVE PFP S.L. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BERMEJO & JACOBSEN PATENTES-MARCAS S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 26, 2021
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Bringing together supply and demand
Bringing together supply and demand on an IT platform
Bringing together supply and demand on a web site
Bringing together supply and demand relating to goods and/or services aimed at improving the quality of life, sustainability and safety of housing areas and public areas
Advice and consultancy relating to efficient organisation of work and projects
Business organisational advice relating to the coordination of policies for the improvement of the quality of life, sustainability and safety of housing areas and public areas
Advertising relating to activities in the field of improving the quality of life, sustainability and safety of housing areas and public areas
Commercial online services for connecting users of networks
Business monitoring and consulting services, namely, tracking users and advertising of others to provide strategy, insight, marketing guidance, and for analysing, understanding and predicting consumer behaviour and motivations, and market trends
Commercial project management
Business management, business organisation and business economic consultancy
Business consultancy
Business mediation between customers and suppliers
Management of databases in the context of promoting information exchange
Provision of commercial information via electronic media
None of the aforesaid services offered relating to the following goods: leather and imitation leather, Leather hand bags, change purses, Small purses, Briefcases, book bags, Valises, Travel suitcases, Panniers, Articles of clothing, footwear and headgear.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Arranging and conducting of conferences, congresses, seminars, workshops, lectures and other educational activities
Publication, lending, dissemination and providing of books, magazines (periodicals), brochures and other publications, including in electronic or digital form
Organisation of conferences and congresses, training services, seminars, providing of training and educational and instructional meetings, in particular relating to the quality of life, sustainability and safety of housing areas and public areas, also via awareness-raising campaigns relating to political and social themes.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Providing technological information relating to improving the quality of life, sustainability and safety of housing areas and public areas
Quality control
Quality control of standards defined in agreements
Quality control of standards defined in agreements (service level agreement management or SLA management)
Quality audits
Quality control
Quality control
Quality control of goods and services
Services relating to quality control, certification and authentication
Digital asset management
Contract management
Asset management
Quality audits
Providing technological information about environmentally-conscious and green innovations
Design and programming of information systems
Research in the field of digital infrastructures
Analysis relating to computer systems and software
Design and development of computer software, websites, IP platforms and databases and consultancy thereon