The trademark ZIMPLE was filed by Zimple Oy, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Finland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 20, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 19, 2022 by Zimpler AB on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BERGENSTRÅHLE & PARTNERS AB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 19, 2022
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish 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:
Downloadable computer software for sales, marketing and customer relationship management
Downloadable computer software for use as an application programming interface (API) for customer relationship management
Downloadable computer software to store, manage, track, analyze and report data in the field of marketing, sales promotion, sales, customer information, customer relationship management and sales support
Downloadable computer software for document management and for integrating customer relationship management software with enterprise resource planning software
Plugin software for customer relationship management
None of the aforesaid goods in relation to financial, monetary or payment related solutions or services, including transfer of funds, transactions and relationship with authorities, or in relation to customer information relating to or needed for KYC, customer identification, financial information, documents verification, customer screening and anti-money laundry transaction monitoring purposes.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Customer relationship management
Marketing management services
Sales management services
Management consulting services relating to customer relationship management, sales support management, and sales and marketing automation
Providing general information of interest to the fields of advertising, marketing and business services regarding customer relationship management
Marketing and sales management services in the nature of creating predictions for marketing and sales
Business surveys
Customer feedback and sentiment surveys
None of the aforesaid services in relation to financial, monetary or payment related solutions or services, including transfer of funds and transactions, or in relation to customer information relating to or needed for KYC, customer identification, financial information, documents verification, customer screening and anti-money laundry transaction monitoring purposes.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software to store, manage, track, analyze and report data in the field of marketing, sales promotion, sales, customer information, customer relationship management and sales support
Development and maintenance of software to store, manage, track, analyze and report data in the field of marketing, promotion, sales, customer information, customer relationship management and sales support
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for document management, and for integrating customer relationship management software with enterprise resource planning software
Development and maintenance of software for document management and for integrating customer relationship management software with enterprise resource planning software
Computer software integration
Software customization services
None of the aforesaid services in relation to financial, monetary or payment related solutions or services, including transfer of funds, transactions and relationship with authorities, or in relation to customer information relating to or needed for KYC, customer identification, financial information, documents verification, customer screening and anti-money laundry transaction monitoring purposes.