The trademark application TRUSTED SHOPS . GUARANTEE was filed by Trusted Shops GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 5, 2009, and it was registered by office on November 10, 2009 without any oppositions.
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1193508 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on December 3, 2018.
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on February 8, 2009. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on July 17, 2012. International trade mark of the trademark registration was recorded on February 27, 2014. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on May 20, 2014. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on June 3, 2014. Counterclaims for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on April 18, 2018.
The application claimed as seniority of the Federal Republic of Germany trademark 39977339.8 registered on February 17, 2000 and filed on December 6, 1999 which was accepted by the office.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images
Magnetic data carriers
Automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus
Cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers
Compact discs
Computer programs (recorded on data carriers or downloadable)
Electronic publications
Electronic security tags for goods
Smartcards (cards with integrated circuits)
Voting machines
Machine-readable prepaid cards with magnetic strips, for processing monetary transactions, in particular monetary transactions within the framework of e-commerce
Encoded prepaid cards and virtual prepaid cards for procesing monetary transactions, in particular monetary transactions within the framework of e-commerce
Magnetic cards, namely credit cards and cheque cards
Software for quality management.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials included in this class
Printed matter
Photographs
Stationery
Instructional and teaching material (except apparatus)
Brochures
Books
Office requisites (other than furniture)
Graphic representations
Calendars
Catalogues
Magazines
Periodicals
Newspapers
Manuals
Graphics, graphic representations and graphic reproductions
Paper goods
Posters
Prospectuses
Flyers
Stickers
Displays.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Rental of roll-up displays, exhibition displays and exhibition stands
Business management services
Business administration
Office functions
Updating of advertising material
Market research, in particular with regard to market size and the development thereof, suppliers and the market share thereof, buyers and customers and the purchasing behaviour thereof
Providing professional business and commercial expertise concerning natural and legal persons, in particular credit reports
Cost price analysis
Auctioneering services
Business information
Business management and organization consultancy services
Business management advisory and consultancy services
Business organisation consultancy
Organisational consultancy
Planning and monitoring of business developments with regard to organisational matters
Business management planning and assistance and business consultancy
Organisational and professional business consultancy in connection with personnel management and quality management
Administrative order processing
Computerised file managing
Presentation of goods in communications media for retail
Drawing up of statistics
Efficiency experts
Marketing and marketing research
Market research
Opinion polling
On-line advertising in computer networks
Advertising on the Internet, for others
Publication of printed matter (including in electronic form), for advertising purposes
Outsourcing
Price comparison services
Preparation of statements of accounts
Collating and systematic ordering of data in a computer database
Information services, namely research and information in relation to the creditworthiness of legal and natural persons
Operation of call centres for others
Services in connection with public relations, for others
Sales promotion, including for others.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Insurance
Financial affairs
Monetary affairs
Real estate affairs
Financial analysis
Debt collection agencies
Credit card, prepaid card, debit card and cheque card services
Banking business
Insurance consultancy
Surety services
Financial consulting services
Clearing-houses (foreign exchange)
Factoring
Financing services
Home banking
Electronic cash transactions
Instalment loans
Credit bureaux and insurance brokerage
Providing and brokerage of insurance, including providing and brokerage of insurance in the field of e-commerce
Handling insurance cases, including handling insurance in the field of e-commerce
Development and conducting of discount and reward schemes
Handling of payment transactions, in particular within the framework of e-commerce, and handling of payments from online customers to online retailers (including the aforesaid financial services by means of telecommunications devices, in particular mobile telephones)
Providing giro, credit card and savings accounts, monthly billing of amounts paid using prepaid cards and/or transactions agreed with retailers, and checking the financial solvency of natural and legal persons for each transaction
Insurance brokerage, in particular to cover natural persons in the event of the financial insolvency of retailers, including with regard to protecting payments from online buyers in online commercial transactions, with regard to protecting payments for e-commerce transactions and to ensure that online sellers receive the appropriate monetary amount from online buyers (including the aforesaid insurance brokerage provided automatically via data networks)
Monthly billing of transactions agreed with retailers, and checking the financial solvency of natural and legal persons for each transaction
Information services, namely credit agency services in relation to the creditworthiness of natural and legal persons.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunications
Providing access to publications for the purpose of knowledge transfer and knowledge support, including on the Internet
Providing access to computer networks
Providing access to computer programs on data networks
Arranging access to computer databases
Telecommunications by means of platforms and portals on the Internet, in particular electronic exchange of messages via chatlines, chatrooms and Internet forums
Telecommunication services, for others
Providing access to online platforms for insurance brokerage
Providing Internet forums.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Education
Providing of training
Entertainment
Sporting and cultural activities
Training, education and further training consultancy
Making available of electronic publications (not downloadable)
Coaching
Organisation of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes
Publication of printed matter (other than for advertising purposes) in electronic format, including on the Internet
Publication of periodicals and books in electronic form, including on the Internet
On-line publishing of electronic books and magazines
Publication of texts (except publicity texts)
Personnel development through training and further training
Arranging and conducting of seminars, talks, symposiums, workshops, congresses, conferences, further training events and scientific events
Providing of training, instruction, further training, including via online and offline media
Video-tape film production
Statistical Information.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Design and development of computer hardware and software
Computer software (updating of-)
Consultancy in the field of computers
Provision of search engines for the Internet
Recovery of computer data
Restoration of computer dates
Computer systems analyses
Virus protection
Design and maintenance of websites for third parties
Installation of computer hardware and software
Conversion of computer programs and data
Rental of computer software
Rental of webservers
Research and development (for others)
Software design services
Certification agency services (trust centres), namely issuing and management of digital codes and/or digital signatures
Consultancy with regard to the construction of computer networks, and computer hardware and software
Computer programming
Consultancy with regard to website design and maintenance
Quality control and certification, external evaluation within the framework of certification (included in class 42)
Development of software for quality management
Quality control and checking, including within the framework of on-site inspections and through the checking of documentation, for the evaluation of quality management systems
Development of logos and communications concepts
Quality control and certification, external evaluation within the framework of certification
Certification of online retailers and awarding of quality seals.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Legal services
Licensing of computer software
Licensing of industrial property rights
Mediation
Legal research
Domain name registration services
Arbitration services
Providing information in relation to legal developments, in particular in connection with e-commerce transactions.