The trademark Real Digital Twin was filed by NSK Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of Japan (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 8, 2021, and received one opposition filed on September 1, 2021 by TWINNER GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by DR. WEIHRAUCH & HAUSSINGEN PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 1, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on January 12, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 4 with Industrial oils and greases, lubricants, lubricating oils, lubricating greases, solid lubricants.
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Non-electric prime movers, not for land vehicles
Rocker arms
Tensioners for transmission belts
Ball bearings (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Roller bearings (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Needle roller bearings (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Tapered roller bearings (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Bearings integral with bearing stand (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Linear motion bearings (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Bearings for water pumps which circulate the engine cooling water
Bearings, for use as machine elements other than for land vehicles
Parts and fittings of bearings (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Shafts, axles or spindles (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Shaft couplings or connectors (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Spindles, not for land vehicles
Joints
Cam clutches
One-way clutches
Speed change gears
Actuators
Power transmissions and gearing for machines (machine elements not for land vehicles)
Ball screws
Positioning devices
Index devices
XY tables
AC motors and DC motors (not including those for land vehicles but including "parts" for any AC motors and DC motors)
Direct drive motors (not for land vehicles)
Equipment for supplying lubricants and grease to machines and instruments
All of the aforesaid goods except for the field of automated vehicle analysis, vehicle diagnosis, vehicle repair, vehicle maintenance and vehicle evaluation.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Measuring or testing machines and instruments
Diagnostic apparatus not for medical purposes
Instruments that check the condition of bearings and give a warning of any abnormality
Calculating machines
Computer programs [downloadable software]
Manipulation system composed of a microscope and a 3D (XYZ) table equipped with a tool for manipulating micro size test samples
Optical apparatus and instruments
Encoder
Optical encoder
Angle detection sensor
Guide robot with navigation and obstacle avoidance
Sensors [measurement apparatus], other than for medical use
All of the aforesaid goods except for the field of automated vehicle analysis, vehicle diagnosis, vehicle repair, vehicle maintenance and vehicle evaluation
Excluded from this restriction are measuring and testing machines and instruments, namely sensors (attached to bearings) for vehicles, encoders, namely sensors (attached to bearings) for vehicles, measuring instruments, namely sensors (attached to bearings) for vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods:
Wheel bearings (for land vehicles)
Wheel bearings integral with wheel hub (for land vehicles)
Bearings for clutch (for land vehicles)
Bearings, being machine elements for land vehicles
Parts and fittings of bearings (for land vehicles)
Steering units for land vehicles and parts thereof, namely electric power steering systems
Steering devices for land vehicles, namely, steering columns, steering shafts, steering joints and steering couplers
Parts and fittings of steering devices for land vehicles, namely, columns, joints, shafts and couplers, sold as a component of an automobile power steering system
Parts and fittings of automobiles pulleys, tensioners, idlers, roller followers for vehicle engines
Non-electric prime movers for land vehicles (not including "their parts")
AC motors or DC motors for land vehicles [not including "their parts"]