The trademark KIKA was filed by KIKA TOOLS GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 17, 2020, and received one opposition filed on August 11, 2020 by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Krause, Bettina and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 11, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Electric power tools
Generators of electricity
Cutting, drilling, abrading, sharpening and surface treatment machines and apparatus
Agricultural, earthmoving, construction, oil and gas extraction and mining equipment
Dispensing machines
Emergency and rescue machines and machine tools
Jaws of life [powered rescue shears]
Sweeping, cleaning, washing and laundering machines
Pumps, compressors and blowers
Machines and machine tools for treatment of materials and for manufacturing
Industrial robots.
The mark was filed in class 8 with following description of goods:
Emergency and rescue hand tools
Lifting tools
Cutting, drilling, grinding, sharpening and surface treatment hand tools.