The trademark BANK KIT was filed by Nadim Iftikhar Choudary, a national of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 14, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 12, 2022 by Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband e.V. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BIRD & BIRD LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 12, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on January 24, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer software
Smartphone applications (apps)
Software for secure data storage and retrieval and transmission of confidential customer information used by individuals, banking and financial institutions
Magnetically encoded credit cards
Smart cards
Charge cards
Banking cards [encoded or magnetic]
Credit cards
Magnetically encoded debit cards
Magnetic payment cards
Card readers
Electronic verification apparatus for verifying authentication of charge cards, bank cards, credit cards, debit cards and payment cards.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Provision of statements of account
Data processing services
Management of customer loyalty, incentive or promotional schemes
Organisation, operation and supervision of customer loyalty schemes
Loyalty card services
Customer loyalty services for commercial, promotional and/or advertising purposes
Customer club services, for commercial, promotional and/or advertising purposes
The bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of credit card services, insurance services, investment services, loans and credit services, financial services, payment services, and currency conversion services enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those services
Price comparison services
Advertising
Business management
Business administration
Office functions
Advertising services relating to financial services and financial products
Information, consultancy and advisory services in connection with all of the aforesaid.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial services
Financial trading services
International commodity trading and exchanges services for others
International stock exchange price quotation
International financial exchange and monetary services
Foreign currency exchange and advice
Integrated financial clearing house services
Investment fund transfer and transaction services
Operation of financial derivatives markets
Financial derivative and trading services relating to bitcoins
Providing a virtual currency for use by members of an on-line community via a global computer network
Credit card services
Bank card, credit card, debit card and electronic payment card services
Deposit savings
Savings bank services
Savings account services
Administration of savings accounts
Stored value electronic purse services
Electronic funds transfer services
Electronic payment services
Travel insurance services
Financial services, namely, providing electronic transfer and trading services for a virtual currency
Electronic financial trading, namely trading in the field of digitised assets such as bitcoins, crypto currency, digital tokens, virtual currency and digital currency
Insurance services
Home banking and Internet banking
Advisory, consultancy and information services relating to the aforesaid services.