The trademark HELMKE was filed by J. Helmke & Co., Inh. Titus Helmke e.K., a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 23, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 12, 2021 by Robert Bosch GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Alvermann, Dieter and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 12, 2021
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on September 5, 2021.
The Opposition with reference B 003138825 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on June 15, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Drives other than for land vehicles
Drive systems consisting of drives and electrical machines (included in class 7)
In particular electrical motors
Three-phase alternating current motors
Direct current motors
Generators
Power generators
Emergency power generators
Alternating current generators
Asynchronous motors
Synchronous motors
Starters
And parts for the aforesaid goods (included in class 7).
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Apparatus and instruments for conducting
Switching
Converting
Accumulating
Automatically controlling
Regulating and manually controlling electricity
In particular frequency converters
Current rectifiers
Electrical transformers
Inverters and power converters.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Installation
Maintenance and repair of drives
Drive systems
Electrical machines
Namely electric motors
Three-phase alternating current motors
Direct current motors
Electric generators
Power generators
Emergency power generators
Alternating current generators
Asynchronous motors
Synchronous motors
Starters and parts of the aforesaid goods.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods: