The trademark application DRIVE FORWARD was filed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). Application withdrawn.
The application was filed in English (French was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018677990 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 21, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Apparatus for recording sound
Apparatus for recording images
Apparatus for recording of images
Apparatus for reproduction of sound
Portable music players
MP3 players
Computer hardware
Computer peripherals
Components for computers
Computer network hardware
Remote controllers
Power cables
Data cables
Regulated power supply apparatus
Computer interfaces
Integrated circuit chips
Integrated circuits
Wafers for integrated circuits
Computer carrying cases
Memory card cases
Computer software
Data storage programs
Computer software to enable retrieval of data
Encryption software
Data compression software
Downloadable mobile applications
Downloadable computer software for remote monitoring and analysis
Software for the analysis of business data
Computer software for the monitoring of computer systems
Data storage devices
Computer memories
Magnetic data carriers, recording discs
Electronic memories
Memory cards
Secure Digital (SD) Memory Cards
USB flash drives
Flash memory
Flash card adapters
Flash card readers
Blank USB flash drives
Flash memory card
Blank flash memory cards
Portable flash memory devices
Semiconductor memory devices
Computer disk drives
Hard disk drives
Solid state drives
Backup drives for computers
Downloadable publications
Downloadable electronic newsletters
Cases for data storage devices.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific and technological services
Cloud computing
Computer programming
Computer software consultancy
Data migration services
Design and development of computer hardware
Design and development of computer software
Design, development and updating services for data hard disk drives, solid-state drives and computer storage devices
Design, maintenance, development and updating of computer firmware and software
Electronic data storage
Electronic storage services for archiving databases, images and other electronic data
Information technology [IT] consultancy
Off-site data backup
Providing information on computer technology and programming
Providing technical advice relating to computer hardware and software
Providing technical information in the fields of computer hardware, computer data storage, information storage, computer networking and networking interfaces, disk drives, computer disk drives, and electronic memories
Recovery of computer data
Research services
Technical consultancy services relating to information technology
Technical support services in the field of data storage, data management and backup of electronic data, on-premises and in the cloud
Technical support services, namely, migration of datacenter, server and database applications