The trademark Tecpa was filed by Tecpa, a corporation established under the laws of the Czech Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 22, 2021, and received one opposition filed on July 20, 2021 by PoTec Vertriebs GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Demski, Siegfried and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 20, 2021
The application was filed in Czech, and Czech was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003151203 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 27, 2022 by the EUIPO.
The application claimed as seniority of the Czech Republic trademark 567245 registered on March 9, 2021 and filed on October 12, 2020 which was accepted by the office.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Detecting devices
Apparatus and instruments for physics
Optical devices, enhancers and correctors
Optical apparatus and instruments
Navigation apparatus and instruments
Electron microscopes
Gauges
Lasers
Lasers for industrial use
Lasers for scientific use
Lasers, not for medical purposes
Transmission electron microscopes
Scanning electron microscopes
Laboratory apparatus and instruments
Diffraction apparatus [microscopy]
Electrodes
Electrodes for laboratory research
Laboratory optical apparatus
Apparatus and instruments for microscopy
Research apparatus and instruments.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods: