The trademark DRILLING VISA was filed by DRILLING RISKS SERVICES, a corporation established under the laws of Romania (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 13, 2021, and received one opposition filed on September 6, 2021 by Visa International Service Association on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by WILLIAM JAMES KOPACZ and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 6, 2021
The application was filed in Romanian, and Romanian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Software and computerprogrammes, For use in the control and regulation of machines, processes and for the collection, evaluation and preservation of data, and troubleshooting and configuration, parameterisation and commissioning of exploration drilling, all for use in the oil and gas industry
Computer software, computer programs, hardware and computer processing equipment used, inter alia, in the oil industry
Software and computer programs used for analysing the risks of drilling operations in the oil and gas industry
Data recordings, Monitoring apparatus, In the oil and gas industry
Measuring instruments for logging, monitoring, planning, orienting and data analysis
Software and computerprogrammes, For use in drilling sensor control, for use in the oil and gas industry.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Science and technological services, Research and design relating thereto in the field of oil drilling
Industrial analysis, Research, In the field of oil drilling
Design and development, in relation to the following goods: Computer hardware, Computer software, In the field of oil drilling
Science and technological services, Relating to oil exploration
Scientific and technological consultancy, in relation to the following fields: Execution of petroleum exploration and Analysis for the exploitation of oil fields, technical consultancy and advisory services, in relation to the following fields: Oil fields, Geological research, Surface geological research, Chemical analysis, Investigations
Technical consultancy, In the field of oil drilling.