The trademark THE Design works was filed by Geoffrey Angelo Gartland, a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 3, 2004, and received one opposition filed on December 27, 2004 by Design for Business AG on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by MEISSNER & MEISSNER and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 27, 2004
The application was filed in Spanish, and Spanish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 6, 2008.
The Opposition with reference B 000776684 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on April 15, 2007 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Printed matter
Bookbinding material
Printers' type
Prints on paper media with publications and illustrations
Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes
Mastheads for printed publications, posters, pamphlets, printed matter, magazines, books and printed publications, transfers, cards, photographs, newspapers, albums, calendars, ball-point pens.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business management, business administration
Commercial retailing in establishments disseminating news
Publication of publicity texts
Business management and organisation consultancy
Market surveys
Import-export agency
Organization of exhibitions for commercial purposes
Sales promotion for others of publications, magazines, graphic arts design and computer-aided design
Commercial business management and advertising, including communications to the public via all means of dissemination in relation to any product or service
Composition, compilation, transcription or systematisation of communications and data in newspapers, magazines or data transmission networks.
The mark was filed in class 42 with Graphic arts designing and computer-aided design..