The trademark KCS Medical GmbH was filed by KCS Medical GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 19, 2017, and received one opposition filed on June 19, 2017 by Kent County Council - Commercial Services on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 19, 2017
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on June 1, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Employment agency services
Business management
Office functions
Compilation of statistical information and recording of business information by interactive means in the field of recruitment, employment, career planning, career opportunities and opportunities for returning to work
Writing of CVs
Psychological methods for the selection of personnel
Arranging of interim managers (recruitment agency services)
Dissemination of advertising via an on-line electronic communications network
Forwarding of CVs and information between future employees and future employers in the context of employment agencies
Personnel management, including consultancy in relation to human resources in the context of employment agencies
Marketing services
Advertising
Business consultancy and advisory services
Dissemination of advertising for others via an on-line communications network on the internet
Advertising by transmissionof on-line publicity for third parties through electronic communicationsnetworks
Promotion, advertising and marketing of on-line web sites
Serving as a human resources department for others, namely human resource management
Career placement, Namely arranging of professional training contracts
Development of marketing strategies and concepts
Temporary personnel services
Personnel placement
Professional business and organisational consultancy in connection with personnel placement
Employment agencies (personnel placement)
Personnel relocation
Employee leasing
Rental of office personnel
Personnel recruitment
Personnel selection using psychological testing
Personnel selection, included in class 35
Placement of staff
Placement of interim managers (personnel placement)
Secondment and deployment of temporary staff
Providing of temporary staff
Payroll preparation
All the above mentioned services being for use in medical or healthcare sectors.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunications
Providing of access to databases containing information and data via the internet and other electronic media
Providing of access to information and data on the internet and transmission of information and data via the internet and other electronic media
Telecommunications, In particular digital, Electronic and on-line communication services
Provision of portals on the Internet
Providing chatlines, chat rooms and forums on the Internet
Telecommunications, including data transmission in the fields of employment, employee recruitment, advertisements, preparation of CVs and forwarding of responses to the aforesaid advertisements using a computer network
Providing access to interactive databases relating to various types of advertisements, including advertisements in the field of job recruitment, advertisements arranged according to category and advertisements relating to employment
All the above mentioned services being for use in medical or healthcare sectors.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Personnel development by means of training and further training
Workshops (Arranging and conducting of -) [training]
Human resources training
Education services relating to health
Provision of educational services relating to health
Instruction courses relating to health
Provision of educational health and fitness information
Vocational education relating to avoidance of health related problems
Lectures and seminars and workshops relating to health topics, health management
All the above mentioned services being for use in medical or healthcare sectors.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Creation, development, design and maintenance of websites and homepages
Hosting of an online website for creating and hosting micro-websites for businesses
Development, creation and rental of customised database software, for others, in the fields of personnel management, management administration, tracking, observation, automation and assessment of staffing, pre-recruitment, recruitment, post-recruitment, enrolment and employee integration processes
Providing an e-commerce platform on the Internet
All the above mentioned services being for use in medical or healthcare sectors.
The mark was filed in class 44 with following description of goods:
Medical services
Medical services
Advisory services relating to health
Professional consultancy relating to health
Health advice and information services
Consultancy services relating to personal behaviour
Prevention at the workplace
Health promotion services
Advisory services relating to health
Health days
All the above mentioned services being for use in medical or healthcare sectors.