018197800

SmartWire

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February 17, 2020

Trademark Summary

The trademark application SmartWire was filed by Meyer Burger (Switzerland) AG, a corporation established under the laws of the Swiss Confederation (the "Applicant"). Application refused.

The application was filed in English (German was selected as the second language).

The Refusal with reference B 018197800 was Rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on April 29, 2021 by the EUIPO.

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Machines and machine tools used in the solar industry, namely, cutting machines, grinding machines, and machine tools for removing waste material, all being for use in the manufacturing and assembling of solar cells and solar modules
  2. Machines for interconnecting solar cells inside solar modules
  3. Laminating machines for industrial use, namely, laminators for solar modules
  4. Machines for making foils
  5. Industrial printing machines
  6. Equipment for metallization for solar cells, namely, machines for applying metal coatings to solar cells
  7. Equipment used for lithographic treatment of silicon wafers, namely, industrial printing machines
  8. Assembly lines, namely, a series of cutting, winding, grinding, and gluing machines for the processing and the manufacturing of solar cells and solar modules
  9. Welding electrodes
  10. Machines parts, namely, spare and wear parts for the aforementioned type of machines and machine tools used in the photovoltaic industry.
• The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Apparatus and instruments used in the photovoltaic and optical industry for measuring, checking and monitoring, namely, laser measuring systems, continuity test apparatus for electrical circuits
  2. Mounting systems for solar modules, and crystals used in solar industry, namely, mounting brackets specially adapted for photovoltaic solar modules and solar cells for the production of electricity
  3. Apparatus for interconnecting solar cells inside solar modules, namely manual solar cell stringers
  4. Apparatus for interconnecting solar cells inside solar modules, namely inspection apparatus for solar cell strings
  5. Photovoltaic apparatus for converting solar radiation to electrical energy, namely, photovoltaic solar modules for production of electricity
  6. Photovoltaic modules
  7. Electrical wires and electrical connectors for solar panels and hybrid solar panels
  8. Electrodes.