The trademark SABAF was filed by SABAF S.p.A, a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 3, 2022, and received one opposition filed on November 1, 2022 by Talisman Brands, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by DESPACHO GONZĂLEZ-BUENO, S.L.P. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 1, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with Mechanical and assembly parts for electrotechnical household machines and apparatus, namely operating knobs, decorative plates,flanges, gaskets, screwless fastenings, sensor seats, holders, mounting and fixing brackets, couplings for actuators, parts for the aforesaid goods.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Parts of apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity, namely switches, indicators, regulators, actuators, electric, electronic, mechanical apparatus and automatic machines for regulating, monitoring, limiting and controlling power, time, level and temperature for lighting and ventilation apparatus, for cooking apparatus, for electric devices for heating, cooking, baking, grilling, frying, beverage infusing
Control elements for household utensils and household machines, namely thermometers, probes, valves and gauges
Parts of optical and acoustic display apparatus, namely indicating lights, luminous indicators, nominal value displays, operating status indicators, mode and function indicators
Low-frequency and high-frequency filters
Power amplifiers
Screw-on, plug-in and soldered connections
Electrical ducts
Inductor coils
Appliance sockets, sockets, branch boxes, live electric wires, cable conduits and insulating tubes, electric plug-in and screw-on connections, terminals, connectors
Electric coils, electric converters, electromagnetic coils, thermostats, inverters (electricity)
Automatic circuit breakers for load and temperature regulation and for temperature restriction for cooking, illuminating, cooling, drying and ventilating devices, electronic control and regulating devices, electric cooking and heating devices for electric heaters, hot plates, multiple element hot plates, electric stoves, electric heating devices for home and industry, cooking and frying vessels, pots, pans and casseroles, self-heating cooking, frying and warming vessels.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Parts of apparatus for heating, steam generating, cooking, grilling, frying, ventilating, purposes, namely electric cooking rings, multiple cooking plates, heating rings, radiant heaters, induction heating systems, electric cookers, electric heating, cooking and baking apparatus for industrial and household use
Electric ranges
Parts of industrial kitchen stoves, electric baking ovens, Parts of combination cookers
Lighting installations
Heating installations and ventilating installations distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Electric ranges distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Electric cooking ovens distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Inset cooking tops
Gas cookers
Inset hot plates
Cooking hobs distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Installations for cooking distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Kitchen ranges distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Range hoods distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Parts of kitchen machines (Electric -) for cooking
Parts of apparatus for heating foodstuffs, inset cooking tops
Deep fryers, electric distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Steaming apparatus (Electric) for cooking for industrial use
Electromagnetic induction cookers for industrial purposes, electric cooking ovens, electric ranges distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Electric grills distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Cooking ranges distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Apparatus for cooking, namely, cooktops distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Electromagnetic induction cookers distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Parts of stoves [heating apparatus]
Hot sandwich toasters distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Pizza ovens, range hoods distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Extractor hoods for kitchens distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Parts of cooking apparatus and installations, cooking stoves, cookers, electric cooking utensils, electric cooktops
Heating apparatus distributed and sold to the industrial sector
Parts of electric heating apparatus, and heating elements, stoves [heating apparatus]
Electric household machines and apparatus, namely hobs, Grills and deep-fat fryers distributed and sold to the industrial sector.
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Frying pans, utensils for cooking, roasting and frying for electric heating apparatus distributed and sold to the industrial sector, small household or kitchen utensils temperature control equipment and regulating switches
And parts for the aforesaid wares, thermostatically controlled valves and their parts
Grills (cooking utensils), griddles (cooking utensils) distributed and sold to the industrial sector.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Design and development of industrial products, design and testing of new products, engineering design, design and development of new technology for others
Design and testing for new product development Engineering, engineering services
Technical measuring
Provision of research services
Preparation of engineering, scientific and technical reports, research in the fields of science and technology carried out by engineers, industrial and technological research, technical surveying, industrial analysis services, design feasibility studies
Illustration services (design), engineering services, design services, engineering drawing, information and consultancy in relation to all the aforesaid services included in class 42.