The trademark EVANTAGE was filed by Modine Manufacturing Company, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 6, 2022, and received one opposition filed on July 6, 2022 by Aston Martin Lagonda Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by JAK FRANCE and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 6, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on January 3, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Thermal management systems for power generation engines, power generation equipment, electric generators, internal combustion engines, electric engines, hybrid engines and fuel cell engines
Fluid management systems for power generation engines, power generation equipment, electric generators, internal combustion engines, electric engines, hybrid engines and fuel cell engines
Valves, pumps, fans, compressors, and heaters, all as parts of machines, motors, and engines
Electric water pumps, electric oil pumps and electric fans for motors and engines in commercial, land, air, marine and transport vehicles
All the aforesaid goods for use in connection with thermal management systems for commercial electric vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Thermal management systems for batteries, electric batteries, hybrid batteries, battery charging devices, and energy storage
Fluid management systems for batteries, electric batteries, hybrid batteries, battery charging devices, and energy storage
Component parts of electric batteries, namely, cooling apparatus for electric batteries
Cooling apparatus to cool the inverter and converter for vehicles with electric batteries
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulation, regulation or controlling electricity, namely, electrical conductors, electrical switches, electrical transformers, electrical accumulators
Energy control devices, namely, controllers and regulators
Drive cables for electrical controls
Downloadable computer software for use in the commercial, land, air, marine and transport vehicle sectors
Downloadable computer software for use with battery chargers and charging stations for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles for use in the commercial, land, air, marine and transport vehicle sectors
Wiring harness being an electrical cable assembly
Electrical connections
Fuses
Electronic relays
Electric switches
Pressure switches and sensors for monitoring, controlling and switching hydraulic or pneumatic systems
Protective electrical switches
Thermostats
Electric temperature limiters
Sensors for engines as vehicle components
Downloadable software for connecting to a telematics network
Software as a component feature of a device for controlling thermal management systems for engine radiators, motors, and electronics in commercial, land, air, marine and transport vehicles
All the aforesaid goods for use in connection with thermal management systems for commercial electric vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Thermal management systems for commercial, land, air, marine and transport vehicles
Passenger thermal management systems for vehicles, namely, cooling apparatus for vehicles and heating apparatus for vehicles
Thermal management system for electronics
Cooling apparatus for electronics
Cooling apparatus for electronics for engines
Air conditioning systems, namely, integrated and roof top air conditioners
Air conditioners and structural parts thereof, namely, heat exchange condensers, evaporators and electric fans, air filters and filter mats for air conditioning units
Valves, namely, thermostat valves and stop valves for air conditioners, all these systems, devices, components and valves for commercial, land, air, marine and transport vehicles
Heating installations for vehicles and parts thereof, namely, silencers for heated air, radiators, heaters with electric axial fans, axial and radial side wall heaters, roof channel heaters, engine-independent vehicle heaters, pre-heaters and supplementary heaters, all these systems, devices and components for commercial, land, air, marine and transport vehicles
All the aforesaid goods for use in connection with thermal management systems for commercial electric vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Product research, product development and product design of thermal management systems, fluid management systems for batteries, electric batteries, hybrid batteries, battery charging devices and charging stations, vehicles, vehicle parts and components
Industrial analysis and research services, namely, analysis of product design, chemical analysis, engineering services in the nature of technical data analysis, mechanical research, and engineering research
Research in the field of energy, design, development, updating and installation of computer software for use with thermal management systems, fluid management systems for batteries, electric batteries, hybrid batteries, battery charging devices and charging stations, vehicles, vehicle parts and components
Technical consultancy and development in the fields of thermal management systems, fluid management systems, and transport engineering
Creating programs for data processing in the field of thermal management systems, fluid management systems for batteries, electric batteries, hybrid batteries, battery charging devices and charging stations, vehicles, vehicle parts and components
Development, creation and design of software and its implementation for thermal management systems, fluid management systems for batteries, electric batteries, hybrid batteries, battery charging devices and charging stations, vehicles, vehicle parts and components
Providing online software for connecting to a telematics network
All the aforesaid services for use in connection with thermal management systems for commercial electric vehicles.