The trademark Sureco was filed by BEC-Engineering GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 5, 2011, and received one opposition filed on July 5, 2011 by SURTECO SE on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Earlier sign & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. the opponent was represented by COHAUSZ & FLORACK PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTE PARTNERSCHAFTSGESELLSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 5, 2011
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 11, 2011.
The Appeal with reference B R0601/2013-1 was Proceedings terminated according to Article 43 CTMR with decision issued on February 17, 2014 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 001870487 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on January 27, 2013 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Programs
Meters
Measuring devices (electric)
Interfaces (for computers).
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Professional business analysis and consultancy
Business management services
Business consultancy
Arranging of contracts with electricity suppliers
Arranging of contracts, for others, for the buying and selling of goods
Arranging of contracts, for others, for the providing of services
Procurement services, for others (purchasing of goods and services for other businesses)
Temporary employment agencies
Public relations
Building, namely the organisational preparation of building projects
Development of usage concepts for real estate with regard to professional business matters (facility management)
Drawing up of statistics
Drawing up of business expert reports
Organisational project management in the field of electronic data processing.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Installation, repair and maintenance of measuring apparatus and data technology installations (hardware)
Building promoter services
Conducting building projects
Building construction
Construction management services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Engineering services
Quantity surveying services
Computer programming
Installation and maintenance of software
Services of a measuring and testing laboratory
Technical installation inspection
Software development and research
Certification
Architectural consultancy
Consultancy relating to the conservation of energy
Building, namely the technical preparation of building projects
Engineering
Scientific experiments
Providing scientific and technical expertise
Scientific research, in particular in the field of environmental protection