The trademark Rhodius was filed by GDW Rhodius KMS GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 6, 2022, and received one opposition filed on May 8, 2022 by RHODIUS Abrasives GmbH on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by LUTHER RECHTSANWALTSGESELLSCHAFT MBH and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 8, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 17, 2024. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on June 25, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 6 with following description of goods:
Common metals and their alloys, ores
Materials of metal for building and construction
Non-electric cables and wires of common metal
Metal hardware
Wire cloth
Knitted wire cloth
Wire mesh
Tubes of metal.
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Construction machines, machines for use in the following fields: Glass making and processing
Machines (mechanical processing centres) for material treatment
Machine tools and power tools
Motors and engines and propulsion mechanisms, other than for land vehicles
Filtering machines, separators and centrifuges
Metal filters, for use in relation to the following goods: machines, Machines and Generators
None of the aforesaid goods, in the following fields: Grinding machines, filers, Grinding installations or related accessories.
The mark was filed in class 10 with Medical instruments and Laboratory apparatus for medical purposes..
The mark was filed in class 12 with Parts and fittings for land vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 40 with following description of goods:
Material treatment in the field of metals in sheet, band, coil, flat, pipe and round materials
Material treatment in the field of metal wires, fibres or plastics of all kinds in monofil form
Multicore, multilayer or multicolour metalworking
Metal treating
None of the aforesaid services, in the the following fields: Grinding machines, grinding apparatus, grinding installations or related accessories.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto
Industrial analysis, industrial research and industrial design