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Zoom loses EU trademark protection for hardware as US case suspended

By Inbar Preiss ( December 12, 2024, 15:42 GMT | Insight) -- Zoom Video Communications has lost its EU trademark for hardware goods to Kabushiki Kaisha Zoom — a Japanese company that successfully argued non-use before the EUIPO. The decision relied on evidence that Zoom’s trademark usage was limited to software-based services, which are not covered under the class of goods claimed by Zoom. In the US, the parties have paused a similar trademark revocation request, with proceedings to potentially resume in February.Zoom Video Communications has lost its EU trademark protection for hardware goods, following a Japanese company’s move to revoke it. Meanwhile in the US, the parties have halted proceedings for the companies to try to settle the case....

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