The trademark VASS was filed by VASS INDUSTRIES S.C.R.L., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 29, 2022, and received one opposition filed on August 28, 2022 by VASS CONSULTORIA DE SISTEMAS S.L. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BERMEJO & JACOBSEN PATENTES-MARCAS S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 28, 2022
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 19 with following description of goods:
Wooden buildings
Transportable buildings of timber
Building components of wood
Cladding sheets of wood
Mouldable wood
Wood and artificial wood
Wood, semi-worked
Laths, not of metal
Timber panels
Parquet flooring
Wooden doors
Doors, gates, windows and window coverings, not of metal
Insect screens (Non-metallic -) for windows
Window frames, not of metal
Prefabricated non-metal buildings
Prefabricated building components (Non-metallic -)
Building materials, not of metal
Cladding, not of metal, for building.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Maintenance of artificial wood flooring
Repair of wood flooring
Joinery services [repair of woodwork]
Construction
House building
Constructing decks
Building of shops
Rental of construction equipment
Building construction consultancy
Building construction supervision
Construction project management services
Building construction supervision
Resurfacing of roofs
Resurfacing of roofs
Installation of roof timbering
Application of waterproof coatings for roofs
Glazing, installation, maintenance and repair of glass, windows and blinds