The trademark MACROM was filed by G.M.A. ITALIA S.R.L., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 5, 2021, and received one opposition filed on November 4, 2021 by Apple Inc. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Locke Lord LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 4, 2021
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The application claimed as seniority of the Republic of Austria trademark 571226 registered on May 12, 1991 and filed on May 12, 1991 which was accepted by the office.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Car radios, Radios, Radios for cars and ships, Consoles for car radios with loudspeakers or consoles for car radios without loudspeakers
Fixing cards and secondary cards for car radios, cameras for car radios, panels equipped with housing for loudspeakers with built-in amplifiers, Loudspeakers, Loudspeaker grilles, Cabinets of rubber for loudspeakers
Audio mixers
Optical discs, Disks, magnetic, Tapes and Magnetic tapes, Compact disc (CDs), DVDs, DVD players and recorders, CD players, MP3 players, Cassettes, Video cassettes, Cassettes and Video cassette players, Projectors, Recording apparatus, Camcorders, Video tape recorders, Audio tape recorders, Television cameras, DATs, Automatic CD changers, Video games and Video game cassettes
Telephone apparatus, Video telephones, Mobile telephones, Car telephones, Telephone wires, Telephone receivers, Telephone transmitters, Vehicle antennas, Teleprinters
Burglar alarms and Ant-theft devices
Television apparatus, hi fi apparatus, Satellites for telecommunications use, Photocopiers, Electric wires and cables, Sheaths for electric cables, Fuses
Active and passive crossovers
Navigation systems using satellite reference, Telephones for satellite communication, active matrix monitors, Plasma monitors
Condensers [capacitors], Optical condensers
Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, distribution, conversion, storage, regulation or control of electricity
Apparatuses for the registry, transmission, reproduction of sound or images
Magnetic data carriers, recording discs
Coin-operated mechanisms
Cash registers, calculating machines
Fire extinguishing apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 12 with following description of goods: