The trademark ENAFILTER was filed by ENA Filter GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Austria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on January 4, 2022, and received one opposition filed on April 4, 2022 by VENTILACION Y FILTRACION, S.L. on Art. 8(4). the opponent was represented by PONS IP, S.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued April 4, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on January 24, 2022.
The Opposition with reference B 003167285 was rejected according to Article 8(4) EUTMR with decision issued on August 3, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 1 with Filter materials, included in class 1.
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Anti-pollution devices for motors and engines, Filters for propulsion mechanisms
Water and air filtering machines, cartridges of filtering machines
Filters for machines, The aforesaid goods included in class 7
Oil filters
Fuel filters
Hydraulic filters, gearbox filters, relay filters, wet air filters, bypass-flow filters, all being filters for machines and engines and motors.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Filters for industrial and household use
Air filters
Water filters
Dust filters
Filters [parts of household or industrial installations]
Filters for air conditioning installations and equipment
Filters for apparatus and installations included in class 11
Filters for use with apparatus for ventilating
Filters for cleaning air
Water treatment filters
Filters for cleaning gases [parts of household or industrial installations]
Air dryers
Filters for drinking water
Industrial water filters
Installations for filtering air, Water filtration installations
Air filters
Interior filters being air filters
Filters for industrial installations, Filters for ventilation systems, Of fiberglass
Filter materials for the filtration of industrial dust and other dust
Filter materials coated with dust binding agents.
The mark was filed in class 12 with Apparatus for locomotion by land, air or water.
The mark was filed in class 16 with Filter paper, Non-woven paper for filters and Plastic sheets, films and bags for wrapping and packaging..
The mark was filed in class 17 with Filtering materials of semi-processed films of plastic, Gaskets made of plastics.
The mark was filed in class 24 with Filters, Of textile fibres, Filtering materials, Of textile substitutes, of plastic.