The trademark Poolstar was filed by Taizhou Dibiao Technology Co., Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 19, 2023, and received one opposition filed on January 18, 2024 by Steinbach Holding GmbH on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (c) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Hübscher & Partner Patentanwälte GmbH and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 18, 2024
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003210300 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on February 19, 2025 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Filters for cleaning cooling air, for engines
Machines and apparatus for cleaning, electric
Hand-held tools, other than hand-operated
Pumps [machines]
Vacuum pumps [machines]
Brushes, electrically operated [parts of machines]
Industrial robots
Cartridges for filtering machines
Dust exhausting installations for cleaning purposes
Vacuum cleaner attachments for disseminating perfumes and disinfectants
Vacuum cleaner hoses
Vacuum cleaners
Vacuum cleaner bags
Brushes for vacuum cleaners
Pumps for counter-current swimming
Touchless stationary vacuums
Household cleaning and laundry robots with artificial intelligence.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Water purification installations
Water filtering apparatus
Water sterilizers
Purification installations for sewage
Filters for drinking water
Germicidal lamps for purifying air
Ionization apparatus for the treatment of air or water
Water purifying apparatus and machines
Sterilizers
Water softening apparatus and installations
Standard lamps
Floor lamps
Membrane filtration units for water treatment apparatus
Filters for water filtering apparatus
Bioreactors for use in the treatment of wastewater.