The trademark Volteon was filed by VOLTION GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 21, 2022, and received one opposition filed on June 21, 2022 by VOLTEO DEVELOPPEMENT on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Plasseraud IP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 21, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003173337 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on February 26, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Solar thermal collectors [heating]
Solar cell lighting apparatus
Solar energy powered heating installations
Heat pumps
Air-source heat pump water heaters
Heat pumps for energy processing.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Pipe installation services
Installation of plant
Electric appliance installation and repair
Installation and maintenance of photovoltaic installations
Installation of photovoltaic cells and modules
Installation of residential solar panel power systems
Installation of power generating apparatus
Installation of solar powered systems
Installation of non-residential solar panel power systems
Installation of geothermal installations
Construction of geothermal energy installations
Construction of geothermal community heating installations
Construction of geothermal heating installations.
The mark was filed in class 40 with following description of goods:
Generation of electricity from solar energy
Generation of electricity from geothermal energy
Production of electrical power from renewable sources
Energy production.
The mark was filed in class 42 with Design and development of software for control, regulation and monitoring of solar energy systems.