The trademark KOMEDIS was filed by KOMEDIS GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 2, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 30, 2023 by MÉDIS - COMPANHIA PORTUGUESA DE SEGUROS DE SAÚDE, S.A on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GASTÃO DA CUNHA FERREIRA, LDA. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 30, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003205712 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 30, 2025 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Podcasts
Downloadable media
Electronic publications, downloadable, namely, magazines (periodicals) and books
Downloadable electronic publications in the form of instructional and teaching materials
The aforesaid goods, for use in the following fields: healthcare field and Care services.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Magazines [periodicals]
Books
Educational, instructional and teaching materials
The aforesaid goods, in relation to the following fields: Health care and nursing services.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business inquiries
Business management consultancy
Business management and organization consultancy
Business organization consultancy
Cost price analysis
Provision of an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services
Provision of commercial and business contact information
Providing business information via a web site
Procurement services for others [purchasing goods and services for other businesses]
Professional business consultancy
Business efficiency expert services
Marketing research
Market intelligence services
Market studies
Organization of exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes
Organization of trade fairs
Personnel management consultancy
Personnel services
Personnel recruitment
Service, for the benefit of others, in relation to the following fields: Personnel recruitment
Human resources management and recruitment services
Temporary personnel services
Employment agency services for temporary work assignments
Temporary personnel services
All the aforesaid services, in relation to the following fields: Health care, grooming
Placement of specialist nursing staff
Placement of technical medical assistants
Doctor referrals
Arranging of medical specialists
Employment agency services relating to placement of medical and nursing personnel
Personnel consultancy relating to health care
Temporary specialist nursing staff services
Temporary technical medical assistant services
Temporary doctor services
Temporary medical professional services consultancy relating to personnel affairs in the medical, nursing and health care sector
Placement of geriatric nurses
Placement of paediatric nurses.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Training
Coaching [training]
Training services provided via simulators
Vocational retraining
Vocational guidance [education or training advice]
Education information
Practical training [demonstration]
Correspondence courses
Arranging and conducting of conferences, congresses and symposiums
Arranging and conducting of workshops [training]
Arranging and conducting of seminars
Publication of texts, other than publicity texts
Providing online electronic publications, not downloadable
Online publication of electronic books and journals
Publishing services for books and magazines
Online publication of teaching and instructional materials
Publication of instructional literature
Publication of instructional literature
All the aforesaid services, in relation to the followings fields: Healthcare, Care
Training of executive staff in health care and nursing
Individual support programmes
Training of non-medical staff in the care of children
Training of specialist nursing staff
Conducting educational support programmes for carers
Educators
Services in the field of children's education.
The mark was filed in class 43 with Day-nursery [crèche] services.
The mark was filed in class 44 with following description of goods:
Medical services
Human hygiene and beauty care
Midwife services
Medical assistance
Medical services
Health centre services
Nursing home services
Nursing, medical
Specialist nursing staff services
Palliative care
Therapy services
Personal care
Day care services for children
Home-visit nursing care
Outpatient medical nursing and Outpatient geriatric care
Home paediatric care
Home-visit nursing care.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Fostering of children
Personal services in the field of patient care within the context of care placement
Personal services in the field of elderly care within the context of care placement
Personal services in the field of childcare
Personal services within the context of care placement.