The trademark ALMAK was filed by SHANGHAI BEST SOLUTIONS CORP.,LTD., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 25, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 21, 2021 by Aldi GmbH & Co. KG on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SCHMIDT, VON DER OSTEN & HUBER RECHTSANWÄLTE STEUERBERATER PARTNERSCHAFT MBB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 21, 2021
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 January 10, 2021. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on May 15, 2023. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on May 31, 2023.
The Opposition with reference B 003139432 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on December 8, 2021 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Make-up brushes
Cake moulds
Oven mitts
All-purpose portable household containers
Aquarium hoods
Drinking glasses
Bottle openers, electric and non-electric
Bread boards
Busts of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass
Cauldrons
Chopsticks
Closures for pot lids
Clothes-pegs
Cocktail stirrers
Combs for animals
Combs
Cookery moulds
Cooking pots, non-electric
Cosmetic spatulas
Cruets
Cutting boards for the kitchen
Decanters
Demijohns
Dishes
Drinking bottles for sports
Drinking troughs
Drinking vessels
Drying racks for laundry
Feeding troughs
Flower pots
Fly swatters
Fly traps
Frying pans
Funnels
Glass bulbs [receptacles]
Glass flasks [containers]
Gardening gloves
Graters for kitchen use
Grills [cooking utensils]
Holders for flowers and plants [flower arranging]
Ice cube moulds
Indoor aquaria
Insect traps
Electric devices for attracting and killing insects
Kitchen grinders, non-electric
Lunch boxes
Make-up removing appliances
Mess-tins
Mills for household purposes, hand-operated
Mixing spoons [kitchen utensils]
Mouse traps
Table napkin holders
Noodle machines, hand-operated
Paper plates
Pastry cutters
Perfume vaporizers
Plates to prevent milk boiling over
Plug-in diffusers for mosquito repellents
Pot lids
Powder puffs
Rat traps
Refrigerating bottles
Rolling pins, domestic
Scoops for household purposes
Shaving brushes
Soap boxes
Soap dispensers
Sprinklers
Shaving brush stands
Stew-pans
Table plates
Thermally insulated containers for food
Fitted vanity cases
Towel rails and rings
Insulating flasks
Vases
Watering cans
Whisks, non-electric, for household purposes
Works of art of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass
Applicator sticks for applying makeup
Kitchen utensils
Beverageware
Blenders, non-electric, for household purposes
Cruet sets for oil and vinegar
Cups
Tumblers
Flasks
Glass bowls
Drinking horns
Figurines [statuettes] of porcelain, ceramic, earthenware or glass