The trademark ZweiCom-Hauff was filed by Hauff-Technik GRIDCOM GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 30, 2020, and received one opposition filed on November 10, 2020 by Haake, Hans-Joachim on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GESKES PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 10, 2020
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 December 5, 2021.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity
Apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images
Magnetic data carriers, recording discs
Coin-operated mechanisms for automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus
Cash registers, calculating machines and data processing equipment and computers
Fire extinguishers
Switch cabinets for electric or fibre optic cables, Splice sleeves for electric or fibre optic cables, Splicing cassettes for electric or fibre optic cables and components of switch cabinets or splice sleeves for electric or fibre optic cables (included in class 9)
Modules and module stacks for housing fibre optic cables, in particular modules and module stacks for arrangement in switch cabinets
Housings for holding fibre optic cables, in particular splice and/or connector housings
Passive modules and housings for holding fibre optic cables
Parts of the aforesaid goods, in particular holding and/or clamping elements for fixing cables, in particular fibre optic cables
Computer software, in particular computer software for transient measurements on fibre optics.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Construction services
Installation, in particular in relation to switch cabinets, splice sleeves, splice cassettes, switch cabinet components and other distributing devices, all of the aforesaid for electric or fibre optic cables, including in relation to the laying and interior connection of electric and fibre optic cables
Repair and installation of switchboards, switch cabinets, splice closures and other devices for distributing electric or fibre-optic cables.