Owner ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE DE NORMALISATION (AFNOR)

Convention FR 11 January 2011 11 3 796 527

Service Refer to WIPO Address for Correspondence

Various Mark Description: The mark is filed in BLACK and WHITE, it comprises an oval containing the initials "NF" on the first line and the word "VALIDATION" on the second line; the background of the oval is made up of a vignette.*

Filing Date 8 July 2011

Class 1 Analysis kits (chemical reagents) for non medical purposes for detecting micro-organisms and antibiotics in agri-food products; analysis kits (chemical reagents) for water; chemicals used for analyzing water and agri-food products; chemicals and chemical reagents used for detecting physical chemical elements in water and agri-food products

Class 16 Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, namely cardboard articles, cardboard tubes, certification documents; bags, small bags, films and sheets of paper or plastic for packaging purposes; printed matter; reviews, books, instructional and teaching manuals, periodicals, guide books; stationery; artists' materials; instructional, teaching and training equipment (except apparatus); packaging material made of plastics, namely bags, small bags, films and sheets; photographs and printing blocks

Class 35 Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions; distribution of prospectuses; advice and assistance to industrial or commercial enterprises in the conduct of their affairs; management consulting; consulting, commercial assistance to companies, namely study, assistance and expertise concerning certification in the field of safety and analysis in the farm-produce industry, and checking and analyzing water; systemization of information into computer databases; collection of data relating to norms and standards in the farm-produce industry; statistical analysis and work; computerized file management; services for recording, transcribing, composing, compiling, processing, encoding and displaying data, texts, sounds and/or images; document reproduction; employment agencies, personnel recruitment, advice to companies regarding personnel recruitment and management; arranging newspaper subscriptions, organization of exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes; consultancy relating to management

Class 38 Communications by computer terminals, over the Internet; transmission and dissemination of data, information, images and sounds especially via data communication means, via the Internet, intranets or extranets; online communication of information; transmission of information held in data banks

Class 41 Teaching and training services, education, seminars; internships; educational institutions; arranging and conducting training workshops, arranging and conducting of colloquiums, conferences, congresses; film production; organizing educational exhibitions; vocational training

Class 42 Services of engineers; certification (audit) services for laboratories and chemical, biochemical, biological, bacteriological and microbiological analysis methods; quality control and audit in the field of analyzing water, the environment and in the field of agri-food products; technical project studies; surveying; development of alternative analytical methods in the field of measuring physical properties, chemical, biochemical, biological and microbiological detection and dosage in the agri-food sector, in the environmental sector and in the water analysis sector; chemical, biochemical, biological and microbiological analysis and research; consulting in the environment; service for evaluating test results in the agri-food and water analysis sector; technical assistance to companies, namely consulting, studies, assistance and expertise with a view to obtaining certification of analytical methods; information services regarding the certification of analytical methods