The trademark FORCE12 was filed by Force12 Solutions Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 17, 2002, and received one opposition filed on May 15, 2002 by Force Computers GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SPLANEMANN PATENTANWÄLTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 15, 2002
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on April 23, 2011.
of the trademark registration was recorded on April 23, 2011. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 5, 2001. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on November 14, 2001. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 19, 2007. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 4, 2010.
The Appeal with reference B R0343/2003-2 was Opposition rejected according to Rule 16 CTMIR with decision issued on June 16, 2004 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer software
Computer hardware
Computer firmware and peripherals
Software packages with applications in Internet technologies and ecommerce
All aforementioned goods only in the fields of knowledge management, business process management and team collaboration.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business consultancy
Business management consultancy and business assistance services
Business planning
Development and implementation of business solutions
Consultancy and business development services in the field of information technology.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunications services
Providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network
Providing user access to a global computer network.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software development services, consultancy services relating to information technology, Internet technologies and wireless communications
Development and implementation of information technology solutions
Installation and maintenance of computer software
Creating, maintaining and hosting web sites
All aforementioned services only in the fields of knowledge management, business process management and team collaboration.