The trademark CONNECT POWERED BY CED was filed by CED Holding B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 16, 2023, and received one opposition filed on May 15, 2023 by VERLINGUE on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by IPSIDE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 15, 2023
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Office functions in the following fields: Assurance, including in the following fields: Long-term care insurance, Liability insurance, home contents insurance, Travel insurance and Student insurance, Office functions in the following fields: Insurance claims and Entitlement to care
Acting as an administrative intermediary between social workers, police and judicial authorities, medics, paramedics, pharmacists and patients
Consultancy and assistance in the following fields: Business organization, Personnel management relating to sick leave and sick leave policy and supporting organisations in implementing sick leave approaches, managing sick leave or reintegrating people who have been on long-term sick leave
Business support for organisations in implementing their sick leave strategies
Administrative services relating to sick leave, including identification of risk factors
Collection (compilation) of medical information, Including via electronic channels.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Finance and financial services and advisory services and information in the following fields: Finance and financial services
Insurance underwriting consultancy and information relating to insurance claim entitlement
Insurance underwriting services in the following fields: Insurance underwriting, Entitlement to care, entitlement to medicines and Insurance claims, namely Acting as a financial intermediary between social workers, police and judicial authorities, medics, paramedics, pharmacists and patients
Financial processing in the following fields: Underwriting of insurance and Insurance claims
Insurance brokerage
Providing of financial consultancy, in particular in the field of insurance underwriting
Drawing up of damage reports (with regard to appraisal).
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software design and development
Software as a service [SaaS] Including software enabling users to process and manage claims
Software as a service [SaaS], Including software that automatically processes and manages claims and produces reports
Website hosting, including websites providing a portal or platform for users to process and manage claims
Software as a service [SaaS] relating to insurance software products, including focusing on insurance, claims evaluations, quotation management, proposals, applications
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring software for the distribution, sale, evaluation and ongoing processing of insurance policies
Consultancy in the field of computers for others in the following fields: Maintenance, configuration and use of software for the investigation and handling of evaluated financial transactions, insurance claims, quotation management, proposals, policy management and the execution of related transaction handling processes
Forensic advice relating to damage assessment
Engineering research
Drawing up of expert reports by engineers
Technological consultancy
Certification
Testing and certification of companies and persons in the field of safety and protection of goods and persons
Conducting of inspections relating to damage assessment.