The trademark T was filed by Martin Zimmerl, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant") and Martina Kruber, a national of the Republic of Austria (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on November 4, 2021, and received one opposition filed on February 6, 2022 by Deutsche Telekom AG on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 6, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German 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 for the authentication and verification of goods for protection against piracy
Computer software for logistics, Computer software for supply chain management and e-business portals
Non-contact identification systems, and components for the aforesaid systems