The trademark PROLEGO was filed by The Lubrizol Corporation, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 5, 2022, and received one opposition filed on July 5, 2022 by LEGO Juris A/S on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BOMHARD IP, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 5, 2022
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 10 with following description of goods:
Filters for medical applications, namely, filters for bodily fluids
Filters for veterinary applications, namely, filters for bodily fluids
Filters for blood and blood components for medical purposes
Blood filters
Blood filters for extracorporeal use
Filtration membranes for use with filters for medical and veterinary purposes, namely, filters for bodily fluids
Filtration membrane modules for use with filters for medical and veterinary purposes, namely, filters for bodily fluids
Apparatus for purifying blood, namely, filters for blood and blood components for medical purposes
Blood separation apparatus, namely, blood component separation apparatus for medical purposes
Apparatus for blood analyses, namely, blood component separation apparatus for medical purposes, blood testing apparatus
Blood testing apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Filters for the purification of air, gases, and fluids as parts and components of domestic and industrial installations filters
Filters for the filtration of liquids and gases as component parts of domestic and industrial installations
Filter membranes being parts of liquid and water filtering apparatus
Flat membranes being parts of liquid and water filtering apparatus
Hollow fiber membranes being parts of liquid and water filtering apparatus
Membrane modules for liquid and water filtration
Hollow fiber membrane modules for the filtration of liquids
Spiral wound membrane modules for the filtration of liquids
Tubular membrane modules for the filtration of liquids
Submerged membrane modules for the filtration of liquids
Membrane cleaning apparatus in the nature of filter membranes for the purification of water and being parts of the aforesaid membrane modules and membranes
Apparatus, units and devices for the treatment, preparation, purification and filtration of water
Reverse osmosis elements for reducing the brackishness of water for industrial and domestic use
Reverse osmosis elements for reducing the salt content of water for industrial and domestic use
Installations for waste water treatment using osmotic processes, namely, reverse osmotic filtration units and reverse osmosis purification units
Water treatment equipment, namely, reverse osmosis filtration units
Water treatment equipment, namely, reverse osmosis purification units
Filters for drinking water
Water purifying units for producing drinking water for domestic, commercial and industrial use
Membrane filter cartridges for the separation of biomolecules in biopharmaceutical production.
The mark was filed in class 24 with following description of goods:
Filtering materials of non-woven textile fabrics for use in the further manufacture of filters
Filtering materials of woven textile fabrics for use in the further manufacture of filters
Fabrics coated with thermoplastic coatings for use in manufacturing filtration apparatus.