The trademark OMV VENTURA was filed by OMV OFFICINE METALLURGICHE VENTURA SPA, a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 10, 2021, and received one opposition filed on November 10, 2021 by OMV Aktiengesellschaft on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by SCHÖNHERR RECHTSANWÄLTE GMBH and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 10, 2021
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 6 with following description of goods:
Pipes and tubes of metal
Sewer pipes of metal
Tubes of metal
Clips of metal for tubes
Couplings of metal for tubing
Flexible tubes of metal
Elbows of metal for pipes
Cast iron pipes
Steel tubes
Junctions of metal for pipes
Adaptors for pipes [metal]
Wall hooks of metal for pipes
Pipe nuts of metal
Pipe extensions of metal
Racking [structures] of metal for supporting tubes
Rotating junctions of metal for pipes
Clips of metal for cables and pipes
Metal pipe supports
Tubes of steel, including those rolled, peeled or ground
Branching tubes of metal for pipelines
Metal hoses for plumbing use
Metal hoses for agricultural use
Discharge pipes (Metal -) for building installations
Aluminum composite tubing for use in the manufacture of bicycle frames
Pipes of metal including those from alloy steel and titanium
Metal pipes for liquid and gas transfer
Tubes of copper alloys
Pipe jackets of metal
Pipe spacers of metal
Metal gas pipe parts
Drain traps [valves] of metal
Fittings of metal for compressed air ducts
Hinges of metal for the fixing of pipes
Winding spools of metal, non-mechanical, for flexible hoses.
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Pipe laying machines
Boring robots for repairing the interiors of pipes
Reels, mechanical, for flexible hoses
Tube conveyors, hydraulic
Tube insertion machines for industrial use
Tube cutting instruments [machines]
Tubing mills [for metalworking]
Swaging machines for use in the assembly of hoses
Swaging machines for use in the assembly of hydraulic hoses
Pipes [fitted parts of machines]
Metal branching pipes [parts of machines]
Joints for pipes (metal -) [parts of machines]
Pigs for cleaning pipes
Cast iron parts for pipes [parts of machines]
Tubes being fitted parts of machines
Automotive exhaust pipe
Boiler tubes [parts of machines]
Copper tubes [parts of machines]
Tube reamers [parts of machines]
Exhaust pipes for land vehicles
Adaptors for pipes [parts of machines]
Vacuum cleaner hoses
Hoses (Metal -) for use in hydraulic systems in machines
Hoses (Non-metallic -) for use in hydraulic systems in machines
Feed pipes for carburettors.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Pipes [parts of sanitary installations]
Elbow bends (plastic -) for pipes [parts of sanitary installations]
Flexible pipes being parts of shower plumbing installations
Flexible pipes being parts of sink plumbing installations
Cast iron parts for pipes [parts of sanitary installations]
Boiler pipes [tubes] for heating installations
Supports adapted for use with solar heating tubes
Waste pipes for bathtubs
Flexible strip wound pipes of metal [parts of sanitary installations]
Waste pipes for sanitary installations.
The mark was filed in class 12 with Truck air brake hoses and Hose carts..
The mark was filed in class 17 with Flexible hoses, not of metal.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Pipe laying
Services for the repair of pipes
Maintaining and repair of drain pipes
Maintenance and repair of pipes used in industrial equipment