018447721

OPEN VOICE NETWORK

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April 5, 2021

Trademark Summary

The trademark OPEN VOICE NETWORK was filed by The Linux Foundation, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 30, 2021, and received one opposition filed on September 30, 2021 by Cisco Technology, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by TAYLOR WESSING N.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 30, 2021

The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of instructional materials, pamphlets, white papers, presentations, and manuals in the fields of computer software industry technical standards, specifications, information technology, and software development
  2. Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of instructional materials, pamphlets, white papers, presentations, and manuals in the fields of artificial intelligence computer software for voice assistance
  3. Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of written standards and specifications for artificial intelligence software for voice assistance
  4. Downloadable computer software development tools
  5. Downloadable software development kits (SDKs)
  6. Downloadable computer software, namely, testing software for establishing conformance to specific technical specifications in the field of artificial intelligence software for voice assistance
  7. Downloadable computer software for use in designing, developing and deploying other computer software
  8. Downloadable computer software utilities that facilitate writing other programs
  9. Downloadable computer software for testing other computer software.
• The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Association services, namely, promoting the adoption and acceptance of open source software
  2. Promoting voluntary common industry standards for software development and execution
  3. Promoting voluntary common industry standards for artificial intelligence software for voice assistance.
• The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Development of voluntary standards for artificial intelligence software for voice assistance
  2. Developing quality control standards for artificial intelligence software for voice assistance
  3. Providing a website in relation to information in the field of artificial intelligence software for voice assistance.