The trademark ECYC was filed by Wei Liu, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 2, 2021, and received one opposition filed on October 3, 2021 by Vitalope SL on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 3, 2021
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 17 with following description of goods:
Hose connectors (Non-metallic -)
Connectors (Non-metallic -) for pipes
Hoses
Pipe couplings (Non-metallic -)
Flexible pipes, tubes, hoses and fittings therefor (including valves), and fittings for rigid pipes, all non-metallic