The trademark TFP Technology was filed by TFP Technology GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 28, 2022, and received one opposition filed on December 28, 2022 by Technical Fibre Products Ltd. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Marks & Clerk LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 28, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Sensors
Heat sensors
Protective work clothing [for protection against accident or injury]
Electrical circuit boards
Flexible circuit boards
Aerials
Electrodes
Data gloves
Electronic coils
Electromagnetic coils
Electric functional filaments, sensor filaments, Optical waveguides, LEDs and Fiber optics, All the aforesaid goods applied to and in fabrics, textiles or films
Measuring apparatus, Detection apparatus, Monitoring apparatus, Regulating apparatus, Broadcasting equipment, Receiving apparatus, Conducting apparatus, Control units, All the aforesaid goods being sewn into textiles
Choking coils [impedance]
Magnetic field coils
Flat coils.
The mark was filed in class 10 with following description of goods:
Electrodes for medical use
Blankets, electric, for medical purposes
Heating cushions, electric, for medical purposes
Mats containing magnetic field coils, for medical purposes.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Radiators [heating]
Flexible heating elements, for use in relation to the following goods: Vehicle seats
Electrical heating elements
Heating filaments, electric
Heat pads for warming
Blankets, electric, not for medical purposes
Heated carpets
Heat generating filaments
Electrically heated clothing for protection against accident or injury
Socks, electrically heated
Heating mats
Heating filaments applied to fabrics, textiles or films.
The mark was filed in class 17 with following description of goods:
Semifinished product, namely, Laid glass, ceramic, steel, carbon, plastic or composite fibres for use in manufacturing processes
Carbon semi-finished goods (preforms)
Dry preforms for the production of fibre composites
Fibres of or containing synthetic material
Fibres of or containing inorganic materials
Fibres of or containing carbon, quartz, glass, ceramics, aramid resins and/or silicone
Tissue, Fabric structures, Mats, Veils, Cloths and Laminates, Made of the aforementioned goods
Embroidered preforms.
The mark was filed in class 24 with following description of goods:
Non-woven textiles made from synthetic fibres (other than for the building industry or insulating purposes)
Textile fibre fabric structures
Textile semi-finished goods.
The mark was filed in class 40 with following description of goods:
Embroidering
Embroidering services
Embroidering of threads
Thread laying services
Manufacture of light components of glass, ceramic, steel, carbon, plastic or composite fibres
Manufacture of textile-based semi-finished goods and reinforcing structures