The trademark GEconnect was filed by Gehrke Econ Servicegesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 3, 2017, and received one opposition filed on August 1, 2017 by GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by HASELTINE LAKE KEMPNER LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 1, 2017
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 address of the trademark registration was recorded on September 1, 2019.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Administrative processing of computerized purchase orders
Administrative processing of purchase orders placed by telephone or computer
Mediation and conclusion of commercial transactions for others
Administrative processing and organising of mail order services
Administrative processing of purchase orders within the framework of services provided by mail-order companies
Provision of information concerning commercial sales
Consultancy services relating to the procurement of goods and services
Advisory services relating to commercial transactions
Provision of an on-line marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services
Consulting in sales techniques and sales programmes
Purchasing of goods and services for other businesses
Bidding quotation
Goods or services price quotations
Procurement of contracts for the purchase and sale of goods and services
Advertising of the services of other vendors, enabling customers to conveniently view and compare the services of those vendors.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Providing access to electronic communications networks and electronic databases
Electronic communications consultancy
Providing access to computer networks
Provision of telecommunications access to databases and the internet
Providing computer access to communication networks
Providing on-line chat rooms for social networking
Provision of access to the internet for others
Provision of internet access services
Worldwide computer network access services
Providing access to a global computer network for the transfer and dissemination of information
Provision of access to an electronic on-line network for information retrieval
Providing access to a global computer information network
Providing multiple-user access to a global computer information network
Providing user access to the internet (services providers)
Providing access to data in computer networks
Video narrowcasting services
Providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network
Providing user access to global computer networks
Provision of access to data via the Internet
Providing access to Internet forums
Providing user access to computer programmes in data networks
Provision of access to sites on an electronic information network
Providing access to weblogs
Providing access to web sites on the internet
Provision of access to web pages
Provision of access to electronic sites
Providing user access to platforms on the Internet
Providing user access to portals on the Internet
Providing user access to a global computer network and online sites containing information on a wide range of topics
Providing access to e-commerce platforms on the Internet
Providing user access to search engines
Providing telecommunications connections to databases