The trademark DIRT DEVIL was filed by Techtronic Cordless GP, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 9, 2021, and received one opposition filed on June 9, 2021 by delta pronatura GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Keil & Schaafhausen Patentanwälte PartGmbB and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 9, 2021
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 3 with following description of goods:
Cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations
Drying agents for dishwashing machines
Floor wax removers [scouring preparations].
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Batteries, electric
Cells
Battery boxes
Battery chargers
Power sources.
The mark was filed in class 16 with Garbage bags of paper or plastics for household use.
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Cleaning instruments, hand-operated
Mops
Spray mops
Floor cleaning and polishing discs and pads
Non-electric carpet and floor sweepers
Carpet sweepers
Brushes
Brushes for cleaning
Brush-making materials
Mop heads for cleaning
Mop pads for cleaning
Pads for cleaning
Dust pads
Scouring pads
Polishing apparatus and machines, for household purposes, non-electric
Apparatus for wax-polishing, non-electric
Containers for household or kitchen use
Articles for cleaning purposes (non-electric)
Abrasive pads for kitchen purposes
Abrasive sponges for cleaning
Basins (receptacles)
Baskets, for domestic use
Beaters (carpet -) (not being machines)
Boxes for household use
Brooms
Buckets
Buckskin for cleaning
Cleaning rags (cloth for cleaning)
Cloth for washing floors
Cloths for cleaning
Dishwashing brushes
Bins for household waste
Dustbins
Dusting apparatus, non-electric
Dusting cloths (rags)
Feather-dusters
Garbage cans
Gardening gloves
Gloves for household purposes
Polishing gloves
Polishing leather
Polishing materials (for making shiny) (except preparations, paper and stone).