The trademark SCS was filed by OSB Alliance - Open Source Business Alliance e. V., a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 4, 2020, and received one opposition filed on September 1, 2020 by SCS Sophisticated Computertomographic Solutions GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by THOLE LEGAL, RECHTSANWÄLTIN CORINNA THOLE and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 1, 2020
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 April 13, 2020.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Providing access to online computer databases
Providing user access to global computer networks
Providing access to platforms on the Internet
Provision of access to data via the Internet
Providing access to data in computer networks
Providing access to and leasing access time to computer databases
Providing access to databases in computer networks
Providing access to information via data networks
Providing access to electronic communications networks and electronic databases
Providing user access to platforms on the Internet
Provision of access to an electronic marketplace [portal] on computer networks
Providing access to e-commerce platforms on the Internet
Rental of access time to a database server
Leasing of access time to a computer database
Providing user access to computer programmes in data networks
All the aforesaid services exclusively for the selection, standardisation and providing of software for the configuration, management and providing of computer infrastructure, in particular storage resources, network resources and computing resources for federating multiple installations to form a larger virtual infrastructure
None of the aforesaid services in connection with power distribution systems, small control devices and relays, including communication interfaces relating thereto, and software relating thereto
None of the aforesaid services being intended for use with power distributing systems, small control apparatus and relays, including communications interfaces associated therewith and software associated therewith for controlling medical devices and apparatus and for conducting medical procedures with these medical devices and apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Access Control as a Service (ACaaS)
Updating of computer software
Updating and adapting of computer programs according to user requirements
Computer software design and updating
Updating and maintenance of computer software and programs
Updating and upgrading of computer software
Maintenance and updating of computer software
Updating of computer programs for third parties
Updating of computer programs
Updating of computer software relating to computer security and prevention of computer risks
Updating of computer software for others
Updating of software databases
Updating of memory banks of computer systems
Consulting services in the field of software as a service [SaaS]
Consultancy in the field of Infrastructure as a Service [IaaS]
Computer software consultancy
Advice and consultancy in relation to computer networking applications
Advisory services relating to computer systems analysis
Consultancy services relating to computer networks using mixed software environments
Advisory services relating to computer programming
Information technology consulting
Advice and development services relating to computer software
Consultancy relating to software design and development
Consultancy and information services relating to information technology
Consultancy and information services relating to software maintenance
Consultancy and information services relating to computer software design
Consultancy and information services relating to computer programming
Consultancy and information services relating to computer system integration
Advisory services relating to man-machine interfaces for computer software
Advisory services relating to the rental of computers or computer software
Computer software consultancy
Advisory services relating to computer software design
Computer software consultancy
Consultancy services relating to computer programming
Information technology [IT] consultancy
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for database management
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable operating software for computer networks and servers
Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for importing and managing data
Providing temporary use of non-downloadable business software
Providing electronic memory space on the Internet
Providing information about the design and development of computer software, systems and networks
Providing information in the field of computer software design
Providing information in the field of computer software development
Provision of on-line support services for computer program users
Providing virtual computer systems through cloud computing
Providing virtual computer environments through cloud computing
Cloud computing
Cloud hosting provider services
Public cloud hosting provider service
Private cloud hosting provider service
Blockchain as a Service [BaaS]
Rental of computers and computer software
Updating of computer programs
Computer programming services for data warehousing
Rental of computer software
Data back-up services
Data warehousing
Consultancy and advice on computer software and hardware
Data duplication and conversion services, data coding services
Certification of data via blockchain
Data encryption and decoding services
IT services
Document data transfer from one computer format to another
Digital compression of computer data
Digital Distributed Storage
Digitization of documents [scanning]
Electronic storage services for archiving electronic data
Computerised business information storage
Software development, programming and implementation
Development of computer software for e-business portals
Development of software for multimedia data storing and recalling
Development of software for Automated Business Process Discovery (ABPD)
Development of technologies for the protection of electronic networks
Development of data bases
Design and development of operating software for accessing and using a cloud computing network
Design and development of software for database management
Design and development of computer software for logistics
Design and development of computer software for reading, transmitting and organising data
Creation of control programs for automated measurement, assembly, adjustment, and related visualisation
Hosting services, software as a service, and rental of software
Infrastructure as a Service [IaaS] and rental of infrastructure
Hosting memory space on the Internet
Hosting of databases
Hosting of computerized data, files, applications and information
Hosting of e-commerce platforms on the Internet
Hosting of Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) servers and software
Installation, setting up and maintenance of computer software
Installation and customisation of computer applications software
Installation and maintenance of computer programs
Installation of Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) software
IT service management [ITSM]
Compression of data for electronic storage
Compilation of computer programs
Conversion of computer programs and data, other than physical conversion
Design of computer machine and computer software for commercial analysis and reporting
Providing of online non-downloadable software for use in database management
Providing on-line non-downloadable software for database management
Online data storage
Platform as a service [PaaS]
Platform as a service [PaaS] featuring software platforms for transmission of images, audio-visual content, video content and messages
Design services for data processing systems
Platforms for artificial intelligence as software as a service [SaaS]
Cross-platform conversion of digital content into other forms of digital content
Programming of computer software for reading, transmitting and organising data
Programming of operating software for accessing and using a cloud computing network
Software as a service [SaaS]
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring software for machine learning
Software as a service [SaaS] services featuring software for machine learning, deep learning and deep neural networks
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring software for deep learning
Monitoring of computer systems for security purposes
Monitoring of computer systems to detect breakdowns
Monitoring of computer systems for detecting unauthorized access or data breach
Rental of operating software for accessing and using a cloud computing network
Rental and maintenance of computer software
Rental of memory space on servers for hosting electronic bulletin boards
Rental of server memory space
Recovery of computer data
Reconstruction of database systems for others
Development of software for the federation of cloud systems
Providing of software for the federation of cloud systems
Development and upgrading of digital infrastructure in Infrastructure as Code processes (IaC)
All the aforesaid services exclusively for the selection, standardisation and providing of software for the configuration, management and providing of computer infrastructure, in particular storage resources, network resources and computing resources for federating multiple installations to form a larger virtual infrastructure
None of the aforesaid services in connection with power distribution systems, small control devices and relays, including communication interfaces relating thereto, and software relating thereto
None of the aforesaid services being intended for use with power distributing systems, small control apparatus and relays, including communications interfaces associated therewith and software associated therewith for controlling medical devices and apparatus and for conducting medical procedures with these medical devices and apparatus.