The trademark infodas was filed by INFODAS Gesellschaft für Systementwicklung und Informationsverarbeitung mbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 3, 2023, and received one opposition filed on July 2, 2023 by Infodyn GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Eversheds Sutherland (Germany) Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Solicitors Partnerschaft mbB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 2, 2023
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1745357 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
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:
Information technology and audio-visual, multimedia and photographic devices
Safety, security, protection and signalling devices
Data processing apparatus, Including peripheral equipment, Computers and their peripheral equipment
Interfaces
Computer networks
Network boards
Interface cards and Network apparatus, namely hubs, bridges, Switches, Routers, Gateways, Networking servers, Software for a firewall
Goods for network security components, namely diodes, data diodes, software-based data diodes, cross-domain solutions [security gateways]
Equipment, for use in the following fields: Bidirectional data transfer, unidirectional data transfer
And systems, for use in the following fields: data transmission
Software for network management system
Computer software
Software
Computer hardware
Gateways and Filters, for use in the following fields: Digital data exchange
Data filter apparatus
Communication modems
Electrical communication machines and instruments
Parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
IT services, namely development, programming and implementation of software, development of computer hardware, IT consultancy, advisory and information services, IT consultancy, IT security consulting, Consulting services in the field of artificial intelligence, Consultancy relating to the fields of ethical hacking, pen testing, Audits, Audit preparation, Risk analysis, Weak point analyses, Confidentiality, basic IT protection consultancy
Development of computer hardware and software, Programming and implementation of computer software, Computer software consultancy
Computer security consultancy
Data security consultancy
Consulting services in the field of information technology
Security in the field of computing, Relating to the following sectors: Protection against illegal network breaches