Zoom Video Communications Inc.’s new “Zapps” function for integrating third-party apps infringes Zapier Inc.’s trademarks covering similar services, according to a complaint filed Monday in San Francisco federal court.
WhatsApp Inc. has filed an opposition to WhatsPay doing business as OmegaSoft Technology LLC’s proposed “WHATSPAY” trademark and accompanying design. After extending its deadline to file the opposition, WhatsApp contended that the filing before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) is timely.The opposition stated that OmegaSoft is a South Carolina company. It allegedly filed an application in January, seeking to use its WHATSPAY trademark for “downloadable computer software for use as an electronic wallet.”
Opposition
Number: 91265489 Filing Date: 10/19/2020
Status: Pending Status Date: 10/19/2020
ESTTA Tracking number: ESTTA1089623
Grounds for Opposition
Priority and likelihood of confusion Trademark Act Section 2(d)
No use of mark in commerce before application or amendment to allege use was filed Trademark Act Sections 1(a) and (c)
False suggestion of a connection with persons,living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or brings them into contempt, or disrepute Trademark Act Section 2(a)
The Buffalo Bills filed two trademark applications on October 12, 2020 for “Bills Mafia” The team filed two trademark applications on October 12, 2020 for “Bills Mafia,” according to a search of the United States Patent and Trademark Office website.
Users are warned to be especially alert due to a new misleading invoice in circulation, which takes the form of a fake EUTM renewal invoice.(欧州連合商標の更新の請求書の形をとった新しい偽の請求書が出回っています。利用者は特に注意する必要があります。) The misleading invoice, which can be viewed here, has very recently been reported to the Office by users.This latest misleading invoice uses the EUIPO’s logo, name, acronym and address, and purports to be an EUTM renewal invoice issued by the Office. It is mailed to users from Geneva, Switzerland, and includes a demand for a “registration and entry fee” to be transferred to a Polish bank account with a PL IBAN prefix.