The trademark gigasweb was filed by Alessandro Tripodi, a national of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant") and Gigasweb, a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on March 2, 2021, and received one opposition filed on June 2, 2021 by Gigas Hosting, S.A. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER ESPAÑA, S.L.U. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 2, 2021
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003147933 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on June 19, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising, marketing and promotional services
Advertising, marketing and promotional consultancy, advisory and assistance services
Administration of contests for advertising purpose
Updating of advertising material
Administration relating to marketing
Analysis of advertising response
Online advertisements
Advice in the field of business management and marketing
Compilation, production and dissemination of advertising matter
Compilation of advertisements for use on the internet
Compilation of advertisements for use as web pages on the Internet
Marketing the goods and services of others
Management assistance for promoting business
Promotional marketing
Marketing in the framework of software publishing
Targeted marketing
Digital marketing
Product marketing
Event marketing
Marketing
Provision of models for advertising
Providing business marketing information
Provision of information relating to advertising
Provision of information relating to marketing
Providing marketing information via websites
Providing a searchable online advertising guide featuring the goods and services of other on-line vendors on the internet
Web site traffic optimization
Search engine optimisation
Arranging and conducting of marketing events
Search engine optimization for sales promotion
Planning of marketing strategies
Preparation of custom advertisements for others
Preparation of advertisements
Preparing advertisements for others
Preparation of advertising campaigns
Arranging advertising and promotional contracts for others
Arranging advertising contracts for others
Preparation of publicity documents
Arranging and conducting marketing promotional events for others
Arranging and conducting of promotional events
Arranging of displays for advertising purposes
Production of visual advertising matter
Production of advertising films
Presentation of companies on the Internet and other media
Presentation of companies and their goods and services on the Internet
Preparing and placing outdoor advertisements for others
Preparing and placing advertisements for others
Promoting the artwork of others by means of providing online portfolios via a website
Business promotion
Design of advertising logos
Design of advertising materials
Sales promotion
Sales promotion for others
Promotion [advertising] of business
Promotion [advertising] of travel
Promotion of goods and services through sponsorship of international sports events
Promoting the goods and services of others by means of a loyalty rewards card scheme
Promoting the goods and services of others over the Internet
Promoting the designs of others by means of providing online portfolios via a website
On-line promotion of computer networks and websites
Promotion, advertising and marketing of on-line websites.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Technical support services relating to computer software and applications
Information technology support services
Consultancy relating to the creation of homepages and Internet pages
Consultancy and information services relating to information technology
Consultancy and information services relating to computer programming
Information services relating to information technology.