The trademark HELIX was filed by Lincoln Global, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 22, 2021, and received undefined oppositions.
Opposition Proceedings
There are undefined Oppositions claimed against trademark.
The first opposition filed on February 17, 2022 by Baublies AG on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BARTELS UND PARTNER, PATENTANWÄLTE and its proceedings were handled in English The second opposition filed on January 18, 2022 by HELIX GmbH on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by PATENTANWÄLTE RUFF, WILHELM, BEIER, DAUSTER & PARTNER MBB and its proceedings were handled in English
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003162435 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on November 5, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Three-dimensional metal printing and metal additive manufacturing machines
Electric generators, particularly for electric welding machines, brazing machines, soldering machines, cutting machines, electroplating machines and hardfacing machines
Electric arc welding apparatus
Component parts of electric arc welders, namely, hand-held product units and cables for controlling an electrical arc welder, namely, hand-held electronic units and cables for controlling, automating, and managing welding equipment, related sensors and related mounting brackets sold as a unit
Wire-drive manipulation tractor or motorized welding head device, track or ring mounted manipulation of a welding process pertaining to electric arc welding and laser welding processes, cold or hot fed wire processes related to metal welding, brazing, soldering, and hardfacing operations, and hybrid processes related to metal welding, brazing, soldering, and hardfacing operations
Electric plasma cutters
Electric soldering machines
Electric brazing machines
Parts and appliances for electric welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, electroplating and hardfacing machines
Welding and brazing apparatus and installations
Welding machines, welding apparatus
Electric arc welders
Welding apparatus (hand operated)
Robotic welding, cutting, soldering, brazing, electroplating and hardfacing apparatus and installations
Robotic welding systems
Parts and appliances for robotic welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, electroplating and hardfacing apparatus and installations
Welding apparatus with a transformer and/or rectifier, as well as systems for managing these welding machines
Electric arc welding torch and welding torches and other welding equipment, namely, connectors, adapters, water coolers, coil wires, guns, welding mouthpieces and nozzles, electrode holders, flue devices and cables
Control devices for electrical arc welding and parts thereof
Welding heads
Electric welding heads
Automatic welding heads
Electrodes
Welding electrodes
Stick electrodes
Electrodes of welding
Flux cored electrodes
Hard facing electrodes
Automatic welding electrodes
Electrode holders
Electrode holders for consumable and non-consumable electrodes
Welding guns
Automatic check valves
Welding torches and tips
Electrical and pneumatic devices that blend and proportion fuel gas and oxygen
Cutting tips and gas regulators parts of machines
Robotic welding systems, electric welding cooling systems and fume extraction systems, power connection for welding electrodes, accessories and control devices and holders for welding and soldering electrodes as consumable and non-consumable
Welding electrode feeders and wire feeders and controls therefore
Welding current generators, electric motors, electric generators
Electrical apparatus and equipment and their components, namely electric motors, electric generators, electrically driven motor / generator units for electrical power
Generator-powered internal combustion engine generators with belt drive, chassis and control instruments for electric generators
Combustion-engine driven generators, belt-driven
Full- and semi-automatic welding machines
Cutting machines
Full- and semi-automatic cutting machines
Metal cutting machines
Plasma cutters and plasma cutting machines
Soldering machines
Brazing machines
Parts of welding, cutting, brazing and soldering machines
Industrial welding and cutting robots
Welding and cutting torches
Cutting torches, cutting tips
Welding heads and parts thereof
Gas-powered blowpipes
Welding, cutting, brazing and soldering equipment
Brazing apparatus and torches and parts and fittings therefore
Welding nozzles
Welding torches
Wire feeding machines
Wire feeders, welding wire feeders [parts of electronic welding apparatus]
Fuel gasair torches for low temperature brazing and welding
Cutting attachments for cutting torches
Devices and equipment for hand-operated welding and cutting tools
Machines for surface treatment
Abrasive tools, machine tools for use in welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, electroplating and hardfacing
Metal deposition machines
Parts and fittings for all the before said goods
None of the aforesaid goods being thread rolling tools or for use with thread rolling tools.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Welding cables
Electrical welding safety equipment, namely helmets, masks and goggles for welding
Welding lids
Flame arresters for welding equipment
Flow meters for welding equipment
Electronic torch controllers, namely, computer hardware and software that controls mixing of gas used in welding, brazing, soldering, cutting, electroplating and hardfacing operations
Inverters for power supply for welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, electroplating and hardfacing machines and equipment therefore
Welding transformers and power transformers and rectifiers and associated control devices for metal welding and cutting machines
Power supplies for welding, brazing, soldering, cutting, electroplating and hardfacing machines
Electric controllers for electric arc welders, namely, electrical controllers for the welding systems used to weld pipe seams, electrical controllers for welding wire feeders used with electrical arc welders
Micro-processor, electronic, electrical and computer-generated controllers for controlling, automating, and managing welding equipment in the nature of electric arc welders
Electronic controllers for controlling welding cycles and programs, namely, amp, volt, wire speed, and travel speed cycles and programs, weave patterns, pulsing and the like in an electric arc welder
Tip parts, namely, the computer stylist for electronic sensors
Power sources for arc welding, battery charging, lighting and a reserve of energy sources
High-frequency power sources for fusing arc and associated control devices for metal welding and cuting machines
High frequency power sources including their control devices and their associated control components and systems for the management and regulation of consumable and durable welding, brazing and hardfacing electrodes
High-frequency power sources for igniting the electric arc and related control devices for metal welding and cutting machines
Software for monitoring and controlling communication between computers and automated metal welding and cutting machine systems
Software used to control welding, brazing, soldering, cutting, electroplating and/or hardfacing processes
Software used to control the weld arc in the field of gas metal arc welding
Computer hardware and software that controls mixing of gas used in welding or brazing operations
Micro-processor, electronic, electrical and computer-generated controllers for controlling, automating, and managing welding equipment in the nature of electric arc welders power converters, transformer, rectifier
Software for welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, electroplating and hardfacing machines
Hardware for welding, cutting, brazing, soldering, electroplating and hardfacing machines
Software in the nature of code that performs remote diagnostics, production reporting, monitoring, and administrative operations of robotic and automated metal welding and cutting systems
Downloadable curriculum in the field of welding, cutting, brazing, soldering and hardfacing
Downloadable educational materials in the field of welding, cutting, brazing, soldering and hardfacing
Hand held units for controlling electric controllers, namely, handheld electronic units for controlling a welding process, namely, an arc welding process, a laser welding process, cold or hot fed metal welding wire process, or hybrid metal welding process
Electrical controllers for electric arc welders
Electronic, electrical and computer-generated controllers for controlling, automating, and managing welding, brazing, soldering, cutting, electroplating and hardfacing equipment
Electronic controllers for controlling welding cycles and programs, namely, amp, volt, wire speed, and travel speed cycles and programs, weave patterns, pulsing, waveform and the like in an electric arc welder
Tip parts, namely, electronic sensors for welding, cutting, brazing, hardfacing and soldering machines and equipment therefore
Life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments in the fields of welding, brazing, soldering, cutting and hardfacing
Protective clothing for welding, soldering, brazing, cutting, electroplating and hardfacing
Welders' helmets
Welding helmets
Protective glasses for metal welding operations
Welding glasses
Glasses for welders' helmets
Lenses for welding helmets
Auto-darkening lenses for welding helmets
Optical lenses for welding helmets and face shields
Welding helmets
Welders' clothes
Welder's gloves
Aprons for welding, soldering, brazing, hardfacing and cutting
Virtual reality and augmented reality machines and machine systems in the fields of welding, soldering, brazing, cutting, plasma cutting, electroplating and hardfacing
Parts, and fittings for all the aforesaid goods
None of the aforesaid goods being thread rolling tools or for use with thread rolling tools.