The trademark act was filed by ACT Legal Service Company GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 3, 2020, and received one opposition filed on March 2, 2021 by ACT! LLC on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by DENNEMEYER & ASSOCIATES and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 2, 2021
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 September 19, 2022.
The Appeal with reference B R0966/2022-4 was Opposition allowed according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 18, 2023 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003141927 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 6, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Trusteeship
Financial advice
Finance services
Provision of tax advice [not accounting].
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Legal services
Arbitration services
Legal research
Legal advice
Notary public services
Mediation
Alternative dispute resolution services
Compilation of legal information
Intellectual property consultancy services in the field of patents and patent applications
Intellectual property consultancy services for inventors
Licensing of intellectual property in the field of trademarks [legal services]
Licensing of intellectual property in the field of copyrights [legal services]
Litigation services
Monitoring intellectual property rights for legal advisory purposes
Provision of expert legal opinions
Consultancy relating to the licensing of intellectual property