The trademark LIENE was filed by XIAOQIAO XIANG, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 27, 2020, and received one opposition filed on November 29, 2020 by SANITARY GROUP NV on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by AWA BENELUX SA and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 29, 2020
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Partial transfers of the trademark registration was recorded on October 12, 2020.
The Opposition with reference B 003135804 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on December 19, 2021 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Kitchen utensils
Cosmetic brushes
Combs
Cosmetic spatulas
Make-up removing appliances
Powder puffs
Shaving brushes
Toilet cases
Applicator sticks for applying makeup
Cleaning cloths
Bowls
Carpet beaters [hand instruments]
Carpet sweepers
Cloths for cleaning
Crumb trays
Dusting cloths
Gloves for household purposes
Sponges for household purposes
Steel wool for cleaning
Toilet sponges
Mop pails
Cake moulds
Oven mitts
All purpose portable household containers
Aquarium hoods
Beverage glassware
Bottle openers, electric and non-electric
Bread boards
Brooms
Chopsticks
Closures for pot lids
Cocktail stirrers
Cookery moulds
Cooking pots
Cruets
Cutting boards for the kitchen
Decanters
Demijohns
Dishes
Drinking flasks for travellers
Drinking flasks
Drinking vessels
Fly swatters
Fly traps
Frying pans
Funnels
Glass bulbs [receptacles]
Glass flasks
Glass vials [receptacles]
Graters for kitchen use
Grills [cooking utensils]
Ice cube moulds
Indoor aquaria
Insect traps
Insects (Electric devices for attracting and killing)
Kitchen grinders, non-electric
Lunch boxes
Mess-tins
Mills for domestic purposes,hand-operated
Mixing spoons [kitchen utensils]
Mops
Mouse traps
Napkin holders
Noodle machines [hand-operated]
Paper plates
Pastry cutters
Plates to prevent milk boiling over
Plug-in diffusers for mosquito repellents
Pot lids
Rat traps
Refrigerating bottles
Rolling pins
Scoops [tableware]
Spouts
Stew-pans
Table plates
Thermally insulated containers for food
Vacuum bottles
Whisks, non-electric, for household purposes
Beverageware
Blenders, non-electric, for household purposes
Cruet sets for oil and vinegar
Cups
Tumblers for use as drinking glasses
Flasks
Glass bowls
Drinking horns
Teapots of precious metal
Busts of china, terra-cotta or glass
Cauldrons
Clothes-pegs
Combs for animals
Drinking troughs
Drying racks for washing
Feeding troughs
Flower pots
Gloves (Gardening)
Holders for flowers and plants [flower arranging]
Perfume vaporizers
Sprinklers
Toothbrushes
Toothpicks
Vases
Water apparatus for cleaning teeth and gums
Watering cans
Works of art, of porcelain, terra-cotta or glass
Toothbrushes [non-electric]
Statuettes of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass