The trademark GRÜNIQ was filed by Marcel Nagel, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant") and Hassan Karime, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on September 13, 2022, and received undefined oppositions.
Opposition Proceedings
There are undefined Oppositions claimed against trademark.
The first opposition filed on December 12, 2022 by Vaillant GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Schramm, Barbara and its proceedings were handled in German The second opposition filed on December 11, 2022 by Grundig Multimedia AG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by LOUIS PÖHLAU LOHRENTZ Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB and its proceedings were handled in English
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 003184705 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on December 20, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
AC/DC power supplies
Batteries for vehicles
Accumulators for photovoltaic power
Apparatus and instruments for accumulating electricity
Batteries
Batteries for electric vehicles
Batteries, electric
Accumulators, electric
Batteries, electric, for vehicles
Electric batteries for powering electric vehicles
Electrical cells and batteries
Solar cells
Lithium batteries
Lithium ion batteries
Lithium secondary batteries
Solar battery chargers
Solar batteries for domestic use
Solar batteries for industrial use
Solar batteries
Rechargeable electric batteries
Solar-powered rechargeable batteries
Rechargeable cells
Rechargeable batteries
Portable power supplies (rechargeable batteries)
Apparatus and instruments for conducting electricity
Apparatus and instruments for regulating electricity
Apparatus and instruments for switching electricity
Apparatus and instruments for transforming electricity
Apparatus and instruments for controlling the use of electricity
Voltage-to-current converters
Voltage converters
Voltage transformers
Inverters [electricity]
Connection cables
Battery leads
Solar panel arrays
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaic inverters
Photovoltaic solar modules
Photocells for use with security lighting
Photovoltaic installations for generating electricity [photovoltaic power plants]
Photovoltaic apparatus for converting solar radiation to electrical energy
Photovoltaic apparatus and installations for generating solar electricity
Photovoltaic modules
Solar energy collectors for electricity generation
Solar modules
Solar panels for the production of electricity
Solar cells for electricity generation
Solar panels
Portable solar panels for generating electricity
Electric car charging piles
Charging stations for electric vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Solar powered torches
Solar powered lamps
Solar cell lighting apparatus
Solar energy powered heating installations
Solar water heaters
Solar furnaces
Sunlight collecting apparatus for heating purposes
Heat pumps
Heat accumulators
Heat pumps for energy processing
Solar powered ventilation apparatus
Cooling installations
Combined heating and air conditioning apparatus
Air-conditioning installations
Air conditioning installations for household purposes
Air conditioning apparatus for commercial use
Air-conditioning apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Retail services in relation to heaters
Retail services in relation to lighting
Retail services in relation to refrigerating equipment
Retail services relating to accumulators
Retail services relating to batteries
Wholesale services in relation to refrigerating equipment