The trademark application COBRA was filed by Cobra Ribs Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 15, 2021, and it was registered by office on September 22, 2021 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in English (French was selected as the second language).
Cancellation Proceedings
A total of undefined cancellation proceedings were initiated against the trademark registration in 2021.The first Cancellation was filed by MARVIC BOAT CENTER S.L. (represented by Maria Antonia Ezcurra Zufia) on June 3, 2024 and Final decision – EUTM partially cancelled.
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on September 18, 2022. Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on November 1, 2022. Decisions on applications for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on June 26, 2024.
The Cancellation with reference B 000056767 was Cancellation totally upheld and EUTM/IR declared partially invalid according to Article 60(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on March 3, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods:
Boat hooks
Tow hooks
Non-motorized, collapsible luggage carts
Motorized luggage carts
Racks for vehicles
Buoyancy bags adapted for use with watercraft
None of the aforesaid being seats, seat harnesses, safety harnesses, safety belts, seat mountings and other parts and fittings for or relating to seats, or relating to electronic anti-theft, safety and navigational/tracking and tracing appliances for land motor vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Business management
Business administration
Office functions
Computerised point-of-sale data collection services for retailers
Presentation of goods on communications media, for retail purposes
Retail store services connected with the sale of cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations, cleaning fluids, vehicle cleaning preparations, vessel cleaning preparations, cleaning agents for metal, cleaning preparations impregnated into tissues, oils for cleaning purposes, polishes, shining preparations [polish], stain removers, first-aid kits, first aid dressings, first aid boxes sold filled, non-electric cables and wires of common metal, small items of metal hardware, pipes and tubes of metal, wire ropes, ropes of metal, tow ropes of metal, bungs of metal, locks and keys, locking oil tank caps of metal, rack hoists, extinguishers, firefighting apparatus, rescue flares, emergency flares, life vests, inflatable vests for use in life saving, life-saving apparatus and equipment, magnetic data carriers, recording discs, compact discs, DVDs and other digital recording media, refrigerators, compressors for refrigerators, fridge-freezers, lightbulbs, light bulbs for directional signals, flares, boat hooks, tow hooks, nonmotorized, collapsible luggage carts, motorized luggage carts, racks for water vehicles, buoyancy bags adapted for use with watercraft, trunks and travelling bags, carryon bags, carry-all bags, roll bags, duffel bags, sport bags, traveling bags, luggage carriers for attachment to water vehicles, umbrellas and parasols, bungs, not of metal, racks, fitted nets, nets for use with floating structures, tarpaulins, awnings, tents, and unfitted coverings, games and playthings, sporting articles and equipment, wakeboards, boards used in the practice of water sports, skis, waterskis, waterski ropes, waterski bindings, waterski handles, bags especially designed for skis and surfboards
None of the aforesaid being services relating to seats, car seats, stadium seats, safety harnesses, seat harnesses, seat belts and/or seat mountings or relating to electronic anti-theft, safety and navigational/tracking and tracing appliances for land motor vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Servicing of machine tools
Refrigerator repair
None of the aforesaid being services connected with the maintenance, repair, installation and servicing of seats, car seats, stadium seats, safety harnesses, seat harnesses, seat belts and/or seat mountings or relating to electronic anti-theft, safety and navigational/ tracking and tracing appliances for land motor vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Education
Providing of training
Organisation of training seminars
Organisation of seminars and conferences relating to training
Organisation of training and educational events in relation to boat handling, navigation, radio use and safety
Organisation of training courses
Education services relating to water safety
Training services relating to first aid
Entertainment
Sporting and cultural activities
None of the aforesaid services relating to electronic anti-theft, safety and navigational/tracking and tracing appliances for land motor vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto in relation to boats and water vehicles
Industrial analysis and research services relating to boats and water vehicles
Design of boats
Design of seagoing vessels
Furnishing design services for the interiors of ships
Design of tooling for the production of boat parts
None of the aforesaid relating to the design of seats other than as part of an overall vessel design or relating to electronic anti-theft, safety and navigational/tracking and tracing appliances for land motor vehicles.