The trademark Nitin Arm was filed by Beijing Surgerii Robotics Company Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 5, 2020, and received one opposition filed on July 5, 2020 by Arm Limited on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 5, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 16, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Teaching apparatus
Resuscitation mannequins [teaching apparatus]
Resuscitation training simulators
Probes for scientific purposes
Remote control apparatus
Animated cartoons.
The mark was filed in class 10 with following description of goods:
Medical apparatus and instruments
Clips, surgical
Surgical cutlery
Needles for medical purposes
Surgical robots
Galvanic therapeutic appliances
Lasers for medical purposes
Sterile sheets, surgical
Furniture especially made for medical purposes
Surgical implants comprised of artificial materials
Orthopedic articles / orthopaedic articles
Suture materials
Trocars
Electrodes for medical use
Beds specially made for medical purposes
Suture needles
Knives for surgical purposes
Scalpels
Surgical apparatus and instruments
Scissors for surgery
Lancets
Probes for medical purposes
Mirrors for surgeons
Forceps
Cases fitted for medical instruments
Operating tables
Diagnostic apparatus for medical purposes
Endoscopy cameras for medical purposes.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Laying of cable
Electric appliance installation and repair
Machinery installation, maintenance and repair
Rebuilding machines that have been worn or partially destroyed
Interference suppression in electrical apparatus
Sterilization of medical instruments / sterilisation of medical instruments.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Vocational guidance [education or training advice]
Coaching [training]
Vocational retraining
Tutoring
Arranging and conducting of colloquiums
Arranging and conducting of congresses
Organization of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes
Arranging and conducting of seminars
Arranging and conducting of symposiums
Arranging and conducting of workshops [training]
Arranging and conducting of in-person educational forums
None of the aforesaid relating to electronic data processing equipment, microprocessors, system-on-chip devices, processors, chips, application specific integrated circuits, graphics processing units, semiconductor intellectual property cores, instruction set architectures, risc-based instruction set architectures, processor-based devices, integrated circuits, computer hardware, computer software, integrated circuit based devices and electronic devices that send and receive data in a connected network.
The mark was filed in class 44 with following description of goods: