The trademark application AI-Automobile Intelligence was filed by IAV GmbH Ingenieurgesellschaft Auto und Verkehr, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). Application under examination.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 019133999 was Rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 6, 2025 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Drive units, other than for land vehicles
Aircraft engines
Pumps [machines]
Compressors as parts of machines, motors and engines
Agricultural machines
Indoor self-driving robots for industrial use
Robotic arms for industrial purposes
Robotic mechanisms used in agriculture
Harvesting machines
Control mechanisms for machines, engines or motors
Regulators for engines
Windmills
Generators for wind turbines.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Measuring, detecting, monitoring and controlling equipment
Controllers and regulators
Sensors, detectors and monitoring instruments
Software
Database server software
Embedded software
Computer programmes for data processing
Electromechanical software
Motion control software
Software for electronic driving assistance systems
Machine learning software
Mechanical engineering software
Science software
Electrical engineering software
Industrial process control software
Artificial intelligence software for driverless cars
Electric control devices for energy management
Digital electronic controllers
Electrical and electronic components
Batteries for electric vehicles
Electric batteries for powering electric vehicles
Computers for autonomous-driving vehicles
Application software for robot
Security surveillance robots
Robotic electrical control apparatus
Test benches
Sensors for engines
Programmable control apparatus
Electronic regulators
Artificial intelligence software
Artificial intelligence software for vehicles
Artificial intelligence software for analysis
Interactive software based on artificial intelligence.
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods:
Drive units for land vehicles
Vehicles for use on land
Automobiles and structural parts therefor
Commercial vehicles
Motors, electric, for land vehicles
Electric vehicles
Autonomous cars
Buses and structural parts therefor
Civilian drones
Automobile engines.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software development
Rental of computer programs
Software as a service [SaaS] featuring software for machine learning
Development of computer hardware and software
Development and testing of software
Consultancy in the field of software design
Design and development of route planning software
Design and development of energy management software
Component development for internal combustion engines
Design of vehicles and vehicle parts and components
Engineering services relating to robotics
Engineering services
Research and development services
Research and development of new products for others
Engineering services in the field of energy technology
Science and technology services
Design services
Technical design and planning of pipelines for gas, water and waste water
Programming of energy management software
Engineering services relating to energy supply systems
Development of vehicles
Development of engines
Design and development of energy distribution networks
Design and development of navigation systems
Creation of control programs for electric operation control and drive modules
Development of computer software for use with programmable controllers
Design and development of computer software for vehicle simulation
Conducting sampling and analysis services to check for contamination
Testing of vehicles
Development of testing methods
Environmental testing of exhaust emissions
Research in the field of artificial intelligence technology