The trademark application ETHICON was filed by Johnson & Johnson, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 31, 2022, and it was registered by office on July 24, 2023 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in Dutch (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 19, 2022.
The Appeal with reference B R1792/2022-4 was Other according to Article 32 EUTMR with decision issued on February 5, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 5 with following description of goods:
Hemostatic agents for surgical use
Fibrin surgical sealants
Pharmaceutical products for the treatment and prevention of adhesion of tissues
Absorbable surgical hemostats
Pharmaceutical preparation for use in halting blood flow in surgical and medical procedures
Pharmaceutical preparations, namely, human thrombin
Percutaneous skin protection devices, namely, a protective foam disk impregnated with chlorhexidine gluconate used to protect against infections caused by vascular and non-vascular percutaneous devices.
The mark was filed in class 10 with following description of goods:
Surgical instruments and apparatus
Surgical sutures and mesh
Surgical robots
Robotic surgical system for diagnostic and therapeutic uses comprised of a surgical platform comprised of one or more robotic arm(s), computer hardware and software for use therewith, surgical workstations, sensors, cameras, video monitors and screens, navigational apparatus
Visual display units, viewing and recording apparatus
Stands and surgical beds all sold as a unit
Medical visualization systems for use in surgery
Surgical navigation systems
Surgical visualization systems comprised of computer hardware, monitors, video processing and image management equipment peripherals and associated software
Software for use in calculating, transferring, storing, analyzing, and visualizing data relating to the use of surgical robots and surgical robotic instruments, namely, trocars, surgical cutters, surgical graspers, sensors, surgical field visualization devices, suction apparatus for medical purposes, biopsy instruments, probes, catheters, medical imaging apparatus, electro-cautery instruments, suture materials, suture needles, sutures, drug delivery systems, and surgical devices and instruments, for patient diagnosis and treatment, sold as a component of a robotic surgical system
Surgical navigation system comprised of trackers, sensors, or markers for providing information about the patient's anatomy
Surgical robotic instruments and tools, namely, surgical field visualization devices, medical imaging apparatus, and surgical devices and instruments, for interoperative patient diagnosis and surgical navigation, sold separately or as a component of a robotic surgical system
Surgical and medical devices and instruments used for the ablation of tissue
Apparatus in the nature of a bronchoscope holder for supporting and positioning medical equipment
Image processing software sold as an integral component of a medical and surgical ablation system composed of medical and surgical devices used for the ablation of tissue.