The trademark ABC Pelikan was filed by Dinamo Typefaces GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 29, 2023, and received one opposition filed on July 31, 2023 by Pelikan Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 31, 2023
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:
Computer programs for fonts
Downloadable fonts and typefaces
Electronic and magnetic storage media containing typeface fonts, type fonts, typeface font designs.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Printing type, Type [numerals and letters], Printing templates and Handwriting specimens for copying different type fonts, typeface fonts and typeface font designs
Printers' type, printing blocks, printed matter and photographic images, containing type fonts and typeface font designs of alphanumerical characters and typographic symbols
Printers' type and printing block with character sets of letters and figures.
The mark was filed in class 42 with Development of computer software for the storage, presentation and providing of font characters.