The trademark SoxCompany was filed by European Clothing Company GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 7, 2022, and received one opposition filed on February 7, 2023 by Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 7, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018697083 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 29, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 25 with Footwear.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Wholesale services in relation to footwear
Retail services in relation to footwear
Wholesale services in relation to headgear
Retail services in relation to headgear
Advertising
Consulting services in the field of Internet marketing
Administration of the business affairs of retail stores
Business information
Providing commercial information relating to companies
Provision of commercial and business contact information
Business information
Provision of information and advisory services relating to e-commerce
Commercial information and advice for consumers in the choice of products and services
Collecting information for business
Compilation of business statistics
Compilation and systemization of information into computer databases
Rental of advertising space on the internet
All the aforesaid services relating exclusively to the following goods: Clothing, namely, Socks, Stockings, Hosiery, Body stockings, Gates, Tights and footwear
Wholesale services in relation to footwear
Retail services in relation to footwear.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Rental of software
Providing computer programs on data networks
Computer software design
Providing or rental of electronic memory space on the Internet
Hosting the computer sites (web sites) of others
Development, updating and maintenance of software and database systems
Providing search engines for the internet
All the aforesaid services Exclusively relating to the following goods: Clothes - articles, namely Socks, Stockings, hosiery goods, Body stockings, footless socks, Full-body stockings and Articles of footwear.