The trademark SOLINQ was filed by Duramotion B.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 2, 2021, and received one opposition filed on January 26, 2022 by Bergische Industrie- und Handelskammer Wuppertal-Solingen-Remscheid on Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 26, 2022
The application was filed in Dutch, and Dutch was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 8 with following description of goods:
Hand tools and implements [hand-operated]
Instruments for punching tickets
Cable cutters (Hand-operated -)
Hand tools (hand-operated) for unwinding cables and cable bundles
Parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, distributing transmitting, storing, regulation and/or controlling the distribution and/or use of electrical power
Electrical and electronic components
Electric cables and wires
Electrical cables and cable connectors, including for installation in the field of renewable energy
Plug adaptors
Installations for the enhancement of durable electricity
Photovoltaic apparatus for generating electricity and Photovoltaic apparatus for conducting electricity, Including the following goods: Solar panels, Solar cells, Solar collectors and Solar modules
Electronic sensors for measuring solar radiation
Meter and group cabinets, Inverters and Fastening systems, for use with with the following goods: Solar panels, Solar cells, Solar collectors and Solar modules
And parts and fittings for all the aforementioned goods.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Lighting, heating, power enhancement, steam generating, cooking, drying, ventilation and water supply apparatus, including those working by solar energy
Hot water boilers
Solar-powered heating apparatus and installations
Thermal storage instruments [solar energy] for heating
Solar thermal collectors [heating]
Solar storage equipment
Solar panels, Solar cells, Solar collectors and Solar modules, All the aforesaid goods being for heating purposes