019090250

SIMPLE

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October 10, 2024

Trademark Summary

The trademark application SIMPLE was filed by GUANHAO ZHU, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). Application under examination.

The application was filed in Italian (English was selected as the second language).

The Refusal with reference B 019090250 was Rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 23, 2025 by the EUIPO.

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Apparatus, instruments and cables for electricity
  2. Downloadable and recorded content
  3. Measuring, detecting, monitoring and controlling devices
  4. Navigation, guidance, tracking, targeting and map making devices
  5. Safety, security, protection and signalling devices
  6. Optical devices, enhancers and correctors
  7. Scientific and laboratory devices for treatment using electricity
  8. Diving equipment
  9. Magnets, magnetizers and demagnetizers
  10. Scientific research and laboratory apparatus, educational apparatus and simulators
  11. Information technology and audio-visual, multimedia and photographic devices
  12. Travel adaptors for electric plugs
  13. Alternating current adaptors
  14. AC adapters for handheld electronic game apparatus
  15. Power adapters for use in vehicle lighter sockets
  16. Electrical adapters
  17. Power adapters
  18. Low-voltage power supplies
  19. High-frequency switching power supplies
  20. High-voltage power supplies
  21. Electronic power supplies
  22. Voltage stabilizing power supply
  23. Power amplifiers
  24. Amplifiers for servo motors
  25. Power conditioning apparatus
  26. Switching power supply apparatus
  27. Earthing apparatus
  28. Frequency stabilising apparatus
  29. Power regulating apparatus
  30. Mains monitoring apparatus (Electric -)
  31. Apparatus and instruments for conducting electricity
  32. Apparatus and instruments for controlling electricity
  33. Apparatus and instruments for regulating electricity
  34. Apparatus and instruments for transforming electricity
  35. Apparatus and instruments for switching electricity
  36. Apparatus and instruments for switching the distribution of electricity
  37. Apparatus and instruments for controlling the distribution of electricity
  38. Apparatus and instruments for switching the use of electricity
  39. Apparatus and instruments for regulating the use of electricity
  40. Apparatus and instruments for regulating the distribution of electricity
  41. Apparatus and instruments for transforming the distribution of electricity
  42. Apparatus and instruments for controlling the use of electricity
  43. Electric apparatus for commutation
  44. Apparatus for controlling static electricity
  45. Autotransformers
  46. Electronic ballasts for lighting purposes
  47. Electrical power distribution blocks
  48. High frequency coils
  49. Electric boosters
  50. Branch boxes [electricity]
  51. Switchboxes [electricity]
  52. Battery booster cables
  53. Commutators
  54. Tap changers for electric transformers
  55. Branch switches
  56. Automatic transfer switches
  57. Comparators
  58. Static VAR compensators
  59. Current convertors
  60. High frequency convertors
  61. Voltage-to-current converters
  62. Direct current converters
  63. Electronic frequency converters for high velocity electro motors
  64. Electrical frequency converters
  65. Static power convertors
  66. Voltage converters
  67. Rotary converters
  68. Lightning arrester equipment
  69. Electrical circuit breakers
  70. Miniature circuit breakers
  71. Anti-interference devices [electricity]
  72. Starters for fluorescent lamps
  73. Power controllers
  74. Electric current control devices
  75. Selenium voltage surge protectors
  76. Fault current breakers
  77. Power distributors [electrical]
  78. Electrical distributors
  79. Power dividers [electric]
  80. LED drivers
  81. Dimmers
  82. Power packs [transformers]
  83. Switchgear [electric]
  84. High frequency switches
  85. Electric circuit interrupters
  86. Current breakers
  87. Electric current switches
  88. Fault voltage breakers
  89. Electric breakers [switches]
  90. Circuit breakers
  91. Piezoelectric switches
  92. Wireless switches
  93. AC/DC inverters
  94. DC/AC inverters
  95. Frequency invertors [electronic]
  96. Inverters [electricity]
  97. Inverters for power supply
  98. Current limiters
  99. Limiters [electricity]
  100. Electric power distribution apparatus
  101. Time switches, automatic
  102. Phase modifiers
  103. Electronic load modules
  104. Electronic transformers
  105. Databases
  106. Pre-recorded compact discs
  107. Media content
  108. Computer digital maps
  109. Data recorded electronically from the internet
  110. Recorded data [magnetic]
  111. Directories [electric or electronic]
  112. Pre-programmed discs
  113. Downloadable emoticons for mobile phones
  114. Recorded data files
  115. Downloadable multimedia files
  116. X-ray plates [exposed] other than for medical use
  117. Reprographic plates (sensitised -) [exposed]
  118. Sensitized microfilms, exposed
  119. Recorded tapes
  120. Holograms
  121. Holograms for genuine product certification
  122. Timetables (Electronic -)
  123. Holographic film
  124. Optical disc recordings
  125. Magnetic recordings
  126. Recording substrates [optical]
  127. Data carriers containing stored typographic typefaces
  128. Prerecorded magnetic data carriers
  129. Integrated software packages
  130. Computer software platforms
  131. Computer software platforms, recorded or downloadable
  132. Encoded programs
  133. Data processing programs
  134. Programs for computers
  135. Computer programmes stored in digital form
  136. Computer programmes for use in telecommunications
  137. Computer programs for use in trading stocks and bonds
  138. Interactive multimedia computer programs
  139. Computer programmes for data processing
  140. Computer programs for printing
  141. Computer programs, downloadable
  142. Programs for smartphones
  143. Software
  144. Artificial intelligence software for analysis
  145. System and system support software, and firmware
  146. Software and applications for mobile devices
  147. Freeware
  148. Computer software for mobile phones
  149. Embedded software
  150. Interactive software
  151. Web application and server software
  152. Mobile software
  153. Computer software, recorded
  154. Computer software for use in integrated circuit design
  155. Downloadable software
  156. Computer software for use on handheld mobile digital electronic devices and other consumer electronics
  157. Computer software downloadable from global computer networks
  158. Computer gaming software
  159. Computer game software, recorded
  160. Computer game software for use on mobile devices
  161. Software for monitoring, analysing, controlling and running physical world operations
  162. Casino management software
  163. Computer telephony software
  164. Plugin software
  165. Virtual and augmented reality software
  166. Software for smartphones
  167. Software for tablet computers
  168. Software for mobile phones
  169. Software for televisions
  170. Software related to handheld digital electronic devices
  171. Software downloadable from the internet
  172. Downloadable computer software for use as an electronic wallet
  173. Downloadable software for remotely accessing and controlling a computer
  174. Computer software downloadable from global computer information networks
  175. Computer software downloaded from the internet
  176. Computer shareware
  177. Application software
  178. Transducer energisers
  179. Level switches
  180. Phase indicators
  181. Electricity indicators
  182. Load indicators
  183. Monitoring instruments
  184. Digital organizers
  185. Electronic agendas
  186. Electronic amplifiers
  187. Digital signal processing apparatus
  188. Speech recognition apparatus
  189. Facial recognition apparatus
  190. Data collection apparatus
  191. Label readers [decoders]
  192. Telematic apparatus
  193. Attenuators
  194. Communications equipment
  195. Security tokens [encryption devices]
  196. Audio/visual and photographic devices
  197. Electronic digitisers
  198. Digitisers
  199. Color filters for liquid crystal displays
  200. Audio expanders
  201. Digital voice signal processors
  202. Electronic dictionaries
  203. Signal expanders
  204. Time data generators
  205. Multimedia terminals.
• The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Testing, authentication and quality control
  2. Design services
  3. Scientific technological services
  4. IT services
  5. Constructing an internet platform for electronic commerce
  6. Diagnostic testing for industrial lubricants
  7. Animation design for others
  8. Interior design
  9. Interior and exterior design services
  10. Design sketching of packaging, containers, dinnerware and table utensils
  11. Preparation of reports relating to design
  12. Computer graphics design services
  13. Design of oil-field surveys
  14. Design of geological surveys
  15. Design of land surveys
  16. Layout design of column grids
  17. Advice relating to the design of computer hardware
  18. Consultancy relating to selection of curtaining [interior design]
  19. Consultancy relating to selection of loose covers for furniture [interior design]
  20. Ship design consultancy services
  21. Consultancy relating to the design of packaging
  22. Product development consultation
  23. Interior decoration consultation
  24. Consultancy relating to selection of furnishing fabrics [interior design]
  25. Consultancy in the field of construction drafting
  26. Consultancy in the field of office and workplace automation
  27. Consultancy services for designing information systems
  28. Web site design consultancy
  29. Professional consultancy relating to industrial design
  30. Professional consultancy relating to fitted kitchen design
  31. Professional consultancy relating to the design of interior accommodation
  32. Engineering consultancy relating to design
  33. Technical consulting in the field of interior design
  34. Consultancy in the field of technological design
  35. Evening dress design
  36. Design of costumes
  37. Creating of home pages for computer networks
  38. Creating home pages for others
  39. Creating electronically stored web pages for online services and the internet
  40. Electronic site authoring
  41. Website development services
  42. Creation of internet web sites
  43. Creating and updating of home pages for computer networks
  44. Creating and maintaining computer sites (web sites) for others
  45. Creating and maintaining web sites for others
  46. Creating and designing web pages for others
  47. Creating and designing website-based indexes of information for others [information technology services]
  48. Creating, designing and maintaining web sites
  49. Design of interior decor
  50. Commercial art design
  51. Design of headgear
  52. Packaging design for others
  53. Design of clothing, footwear and headgear
  54. Hat design
  55. Design of typefaces
  56. Design of home pages
  57. Design of boats
  58. Design of brand names
  59. Office furniture design
  60. Pattern design
  61. Designing of watches
  62. Design of carpet tiles
  63. Textile design services for motor vehicle trim
  64. Design of carpets
  65. Authentication services
  66. Rental of laboratory apparatus and instruments
  67. Rental of science and technology equipment
  68. Rental of meters for the recording of energy consumption
  69. Rental of time-recording apparatus
  70. Rental of technical drawing instruments
  71. Provision of engineering reports
  72. Provision of information relating to industrial engineering
  73. Technical engineering
  74. Surveying [engineering]
  75. Design of engineered building systems
  76. Engineering drawing
  77. Engineering design
  78. Research in the field of electrical engineering
  79. Research relating to mechanical engineering
  80. Research in the field of self-driving car technology
  81. Environmental engineering services
  82. Electrical engineering services
  83. Computer rental and updating of computer software
  84. Rental of computer hardware and facilities
  85. Personal computer hire
  86. Design, maintenance, rental and updating of computer software
  87. Computer time sharing facilities (Provision of -)
  88. Provision of computing facilities
  89. Leasing of data processing systems
  90. Rental of coding apparatus
  91. Rental of computers and computer software
  92. Rental of computers for data processing
  93. Computer rental
  94. Rental of computer hardware
  95. Rental of computer hardware and computer software
  96. Rental of mini computers
  97. Rental of computer hardware and computer peripherals
  98. Rental of computer peripherals
  99. Rental of a database server (to third parties)
  100. Rental of web servers
  101. Rental of smartglasses
  102. Rental of computer software, data processing equipment and computer peripheral devices
  103. Leasing computer facilities
  104. Rental of data centre facilities
  105. Rental of data carriers
  106. Advisory services relating to the rental of computers or computer software
  107. Leasing access time to a computer
  108. Internet café services (computer rental)
  109. Rental services relating to data processing equipment and computers
  110. Data security services
  111. Time sharing services for computers
  112. Time sharing services for data processing apparatus
  113. Computer hardware time sharing facilities
  114. Information technology support services
  115. Technical support services relating to computer software and applications
  116. Compilation of information relating to information systems
  117. Compilation of information relating to information technology
  118. Conducting feasibility studies relating to computer information systems
  119. Conducting feasibility studies relating to computer hardware
  120. Advice relating to the development of computer systems
  121. Advice and consultancy in relation to computer networking applications
  122. Consultancy services relating to computer networks using mixed software environments
  123. Computer and information technology consultancy services
  124. Computer software consultancy
  125. Computer security consultancy
  126. Information technology consulting
  127. Consultancy in the field of computers
  128. Artificial intelligence consultancy
  129. Consultancy and advice on computer software and hardware
  130. Professional advisory services relating to computer hardware
  131. Professional consultancy relating to computer security
  132. Professional advisory services relating to computers
  133. Telecommunication network security consultancy
  134. Technical advice relating to operation of computers
  135. Technical consultancy relating to the use of computer hardware
  136. Technical advice relating to computers
  137. Technology consultation in the field of artificial intelligence
  138. Consultancy relating to the updating of software
  139. Consultancy in the field of computer system analysis
  140. Consultancy relating to the creation of homepages and Internet pages
  141. Consultancy in the field of computer system integration
  142. Consultancy relating to software maintenance
  143. Consultancy relating to the design of homepages and Internet pages
  144. Consultancy relating to the recovery of computer data
  145. Consultancy in the field of security software
  146. Consultancy relating to software for communication systems
  147. Technical consultancy relating to the application and use of computer software
  148. Technical consultancy relating to the installation and maintenance of computer software
  149. Provision of information relating to information technology
  150. Providing technical advice relating to computer hardware and software
  151. Provision of information relating to computers
  152. Providing information on computer technology and programming via a web site
  153. Provision of technical information in relation to computers
  154. Provision of expert reports relating to computing
  155. Provision of expert appraisals relating to computing
  156. Information services relating to the application of computer networks
  157. Provision of reports relating to computing
  158. Information services relating to the development of computer systems
  159. Provision of technical support in the supervision of computing networks
  160. Expert consultancy services in connection with computing equipment
  161. Provision of technical support in the operation of computing networks
  162. Consultancy and information services relating to the design, programming and maintenance of computer software
  163. Consultancy and information services relating to computer system integration
  164. Consultancy and information services relating to computer software design
  165. Consultancy and information services relating to computer programming
  166. Consultancy and information services relating to software maintenance
  167. Consultancy and information services relating to information technology
  168. Consultancy and information services relating to information technology architecture and infrastructure
  169. Advisory services relating to computer based information systems
  170. Information technology [IT] consultancy
  171. Advisory services relating to computer systems analysis
  172. Advisory and consultancy services relating to computer hardware
  173. Computer technology consultancy
  174. Consultation services relating to computer hardware
  175. Computer feasibility studies
  176. Technical project studies in the field of computer hardware and software
  177. Information services relating to computers
  178. Encryption of digital images
  179. Coding of messages
  180. Copying of computer software
  181. Conversion of CDs into digital formats
  182. Cross-platform conversion of digital content into other forms of digital content
  183. Digital compression of computer data
  184. Data encryption services
  185. Services for the digitalization of charts
  186. Services for reproducing computer programs
  187. Document data transfer from one computer format to another
  188. Hosting of Access Control as a Service (ACaaS) servers and software
  189. Administration of websites for third parties
  190. Computerised business information storage
  191. Online data storage
  192. Data storage via blockchain
  193. Digital Distributed Storage
  194. Electronic storage of files and documents
  195. Electronic storage of photographs
  196. Temporary electronic storage of information and data
  197. Electronic storage of images
  198. Electronic storage of entertainment media content
  199. Electronic storage of videos
  200. Electronic storage of documents
  201. Electronic storage of documents and archived e-mails
  202. Electronic storage of digital photographs
  203. Electronic storage of digital audio files
  204. Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software to enable content providers to track multimedia content
  205. Providing temporary use of non-downloadable business software
  206. Providing virtual computer systems through cloud computing
  207. Providing back-up computer programs and facilities
  208. Providing artificial intelligence computer programs on data networks
  209. Provision of computer security risk management programs
  210. Providing search engines for obtaining data on a global computer network
  211. Providing search engines for obtaining data via communications networks
  212. Providing search engines for the internet
  213. Providing online geographic maps, not downloadable
  214. Providing virtual computer environments through cloud computing
  215. Providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable computer software for use in broadcast monitoring applications
  216. Providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable computer software for language translation
  217. Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software applications accessible via a web site
  218. Providing temporary use of non-downloadable interactive entertainment software
  219. Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software
  220. Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for processing electronic payments
  221. Providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software for word processing
  222. Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for the transmission of data
  223. Providing temporary use of on-line non-downloadable software for the management of information
  224. Providing temporary use of web-based software
  225. Fog computing
  226. Hosting online facilities for conducting interactive discussions
  227. Hosting platforms on the Internet
  228. Hosting of databases
  229. Creating, maintaining and hosting the websites of others
  230. Creating and maintaining websites for cellular phones
  231. Access Control as a Service (ACaaS)
  232. Configuring computer hardware using software
  233. Configuration of computer networks by software
  234. Consulting in the field of cloud computing networks and applications
  235. Computer security system monitoring services
  236. Computer firewall services
  237. Data security services [firewalls]
  238. Data recovery services
  239. Updating of software databases
  240. Updating home pages for others
  241. Updating Internet pages
  242. Updating of computer software
  243. Configuration of computer software
  244. Advisory services relating to computer software used for graphics
  245. Application system testing consultancy
  246. Advisory services relating to computer programming
  247. Consultancy relating to the design of home pages and Internet sites
  248. Design of hardware for compression and decompression of multimedia contents
  249. Design of hardware for multimedia data storing and recalling
  250. Design of hardware for processing and distribution of multimedia contents
  251. Design of hardware for data and multimedia content conversion from and to different protocols
  252. Design of computer hardware
  253. Design of computer hardware for the manufacturing industries
  254. Design of computer peripherals
  255. Research in the field of computer hardware
  256. Research relating to the development of computer hardware
  257. Development of computer hardware and software
  258. Development of hardware for video games
  259. Development of computer platforms
  260. Development of hardware for data and multimedia content conversion from and to different protocols
  261. Development of hardware for multimedia data storing and recalling
  262. Development of hardware for processing and distribution of multimedia contents
  263. Development of computer hardware for the manufacturing industries
  264. Development of hardware for compression and decompression of multimedia contents
  265. Development of hardware for digital signal processing
  266. Development of computer peripherals.