The trademark FUTURE FIRST was filed by The Bank of New York Mellon, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 7, 2021, and received one opposition filed on September 7, 2021 by DLF Gérant SA on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GEVERS and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 7, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on January 17, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial research and analysis services
Financial analysis services, namely, calculating, collecting, compiling, analyzing, estimating and evaluating statistics, data and other sources of financial information to determine and report on environmental, social and governance benchmark metrics and related financial information for use in transactions involving financial instruments based on said environmental, social and governance benchmark metrics
Financial information and advisory services
Providing information in the field of financial investments, namely, information related to environmental, social, governance, sustainability and impact criteria for evaluating financial investments
Financial information services provided online from a computer database or a global computer network, namely, providing information in the fields of banking, investment management, wealth management, financial planning, financial asset management and financial risk management and assessment
Financial clearing and clearinghouse services, namely, clearing and reconciling financial transactions involving environmental, social and governance-related securities, namely, commodities, futures, derivatives, stocks, options and bonds
Monitoring of global financial markets for others, namely, global investment research services
Providing real-time and historic environmental, social and governance benchmark financial news, data and information for use in the purchasing, selling, administering, managing, monitoring, settling, clearing, pricing, valuing and tracking environmental, social and governance-related securities, namely, commodities, futures, derivatives, stocks, options and bonds
Investment brokerage services in the field of environmental, social and governance related securities
Banking and financial services in the field of financial information and advisory services, investment management, wealth management, financial planning, financial asset management and financial risk management
Investment advisory services
Financial consultancy services, namely, creating personalized investment strategies with a focus on socially responsible investing
Financial administration of investment accounts
Financial custody services, namely, maintaining possession of financial assets for others for financial management purposes