The trademark PARAGON NTFS for MAC was filed by Paragon Technologie GmbH Systemprogrammierung, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 6, 2009, and received one opposition filed on March 7, 2010 by RIIP, Inc. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GROTH & CO. KB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 7, 2010
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:
Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity
Apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images
Magnetic data carriers, recording discs
Automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus
Cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers, in particular hard discs
Computer software (recorded).
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Business management services
Business administration
Office functions
Computerised file managing
Collating of data in computer databases
Retail of computer software
Commercial management of the licensing of goods and services, for others.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto
Industrial analysis and research services
Design and development of computer hardware and software.