The trademark apa group INNOVATION IN SERVICES was filed by APA GROUP S.P.A., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 28, 2022, and received one opposition filed on June 28, 2022 by ARPA INDUSTRIALE S.P.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ALGEMEEN OCTROOI- EN MERKENBUREAU B.V. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 28, 2022
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:
Metal hoarding
Aluminum siding
Composite aluminium siding
Aluminium slabs
Sheets of aluminium
Containers, and transportation and packaging articles, of metal
Building and construction materials and elements of metal
Unprocessed and semi-processed materials of metal, not specified for use
Tubes of metal.
The mark was filed in class 17 with following description of goods:
Semi-worked plastic substances
Sheets of printable polypropylene
Polypropylene films, other than for wrapping or packaging
Polystyrene [semi finished]
Polystyrene panels for insulating purposes
Non-metallic flexible hose made of polyvinylchloride
Panels made of polyvinylchloride based expanded polymer [semi-finished]
Polyvinyl chloride compounds [semi-processed]
Extruded plastic in the form of bars, blocks, pellets, rods, sheets and tubes for use in manufacturing
Plastic rods and bars
Flexible hoses composed of plastics
Foils of plastics [semi-finished products]
Synthetic resins, semi-processed
Resins in extruded form.
The mark was filed in class 19 with following description of goods:
Building and construction materials and elements, not of metal
Soffit boards (Polyvinylchloride -)
Rigid pipes, not of metal
Plastic pipes for plumbing purposes
Rigid pipes, not of metal, for building
Reinforcement rods, not of metal
Structures and transportable buildings, not of metal
Signs, and information and advertising displays, non-metallic
Fair stands.
The mark was filed in class 40 with following description of goods: