The trademark i-Future was filed by INGDAN.COM LIMITED, a corporation established under the laws of Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 13, 2016, and received one opposition filed on August 9, 2016 by Schwadtke, Hartmut on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by VKK PATENTANWÄLTE PARTGMBB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 9, 2016
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 13, 2016. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 27, 2016.
The Refusal with reference B 015401052 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on December 6, 2017 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Publicity
Rental of advertising space
Rental of advertising time on communication media
Production of advertising films
Auctioneering
On-line auctioneering services via the Internet
Business management assistance
Business auditing
Business management and organization consultancy
Business research
Advisory services for business management
Professional business consultancy
Business information
Providing business information via a web site
Commercial administration of the licensing of the goods and services of others
Commercial intermediation services
Cost price analysis
Economic forecasting
Import-export agencies
On-line advertising on a computer network
Marketing studies
Marketing research
Marketing
Organization of exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes
Presentation of goods on communication media, for retail purposes
Price comparison services
Public relations
Publication of publicity texts
Sales promotion for others
Sponsorship search
Provision of an on-line marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Art appraisal
Banking
Capital investment
Charitable fund raising
Electronic funds transfer
Exchanging money
Financial information and evaluations
Financial evaluation [insurance, banking, real estate]
Financial management
Financial analysis
Financial consultancy
Providing financial information via a web site
Financing services
Insurance brokerage
Insurance consultancy
Insurance information
Investment of funds
Rental of apartments and offices
Online banking
Processing of credit card payments
Real estate agency services
Real estate brokerage
Real estate appraisal
Real estate management services
Securities brokerage
Stocks and bonds brokerage
Issuance of tokens of value
Trusteeship.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Providing on-line electronic publications, not downloadable
Publication of texts, other than publicity texts
Publication of books
Publication of electronic books and journals on-line
Arranging and conducting of seminars
Arranging and conducting of workshops [training]
Practical training [demonstration].
The mark was filed in class 43 with following description of goods:
Bar services
Canteen services
Hotel room booking services
Food and drink catering
Hotel services
Making reservations and bookings for restaurants and meals
Rental of meeting rooms
Restaurant services
Self-service restaurants
Snack-bar services
Rental of temporary accommodation.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Legal services
Licensing of intellectual property
Licensing of computer software
Licensing of technology
On-line social networking services
Registration of domain names for identification of users on a global computer network.