The trademark ECCO NOVA was filed by Ecco Nova SPRL, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 3, 2019, and received one opposition filed on March 2, 2020 by ECHO Partners AG on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ECKERT FRIES CARTER RECHTSANWÄLTE GMBH and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 2, 2020
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Banking
Monetary affairs
Fund raising services
On-line fundraising services
Charitable fund raising
Financing and loan services
Facilitating and arranging financing
Electronic funds transfer services
Providing an interactive website for individuals and organizations to conduct fundraising events to raise money for projects
Providing a website where individuals and organizations search for and make monetary contributions for specific charitable and non-charitable projects
Information, consultancy and advisory services relating to the aforesaid
None of the aforesaid services being rendered in the hotel industry, particularly hotels, with the exception of crowdfunding only.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Providing an online software platform as a service (PaaS)
Creation of an online platform for project presale and fundraising
Providing service for temporary use of non-downloadable computer program
Providing a web site featuring technology that enables users to offer goods and services for presale and for users to pledge to purchase goods and services offered by others
Providing of a website featuring technology that enables users to raise money for projects
Hosting of an online community website featuring people raising money for projects
Information, consultancy and advisory services relating to all the aforesaid.