EUTM file information

003582831

THE Design works


December 11, 2003

Trademark Summary

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:
    1. Printed matter
    2. Bookbinding material
    3. Printers' type
    4. Prints on paper media with publications and illustrations
    5. Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes
    6. 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:
    1. Business management, business administration
    2. Commercial retailing in establishments disseminating news
    3. Publication of publicity texts
    4. Business management and organisation consultancy
    5. Market surveys
    6. Import-export agency
    7. Organization of exhibitions for commercial purposes
    8. Sales promotion for others of publications, magazines, graphic arts design and computer-aided design
    9. Commercial business management and advertising, including communications to the public via all means of dissemination in relation to any product or service
    10. 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..