The trademark GEATEE was filed by Shenzhen ELETUN Technology Co.,Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 30, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 27, 2022 by GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SCHNEIDERS & BEHRENDT PARTMBB, RECHTS- UND PATENTANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 27, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003179687 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on November 16, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Aerating pumps for aquaria
Agricultural machines
Air suction machines
Beaters, electric
Bellows [machines]
Belts for motors and engines
Blenders, electric, for household purposes
Bottle stoppering machines
Bread cutting machines
Brushes for vacuum cleaners
Central vacuum cleaning installations
Centrifugal machines
Chain saws
Churns
Coffee grinders, other than hand-operated
Compressed air machines
Compressed air pumps
Crushers for kitchen use, electric
Dishwashers
Dividing machines
Door closers, electric
Driving motors other than for land vehicles
Earth moving machines
Electric hammers
Electric welding apparatus
Elevators
Filling machines
Fruit presses, electric, for household purposes
Glue guns, electric
Grating machines for vegetables
Harvesting machines
Hemming machines
Hosiery looms
Ironing machines
Jacks [machines]
Kitchen grinders, electric
Kitchen machines, electric
Knives, electric
Lasts for shoes [parts of machines]
Lathes
Lawnmowers
Mangles
Meat choppers [machines]
Meat mincers [machines]
Mills [machines]
Mills for household purposes, other than hand-operated
Mixing machines
Mowing machines (Knives for -)
Nail pullers, electric
Packing machines
Painting machines
Pepper mills other than hand-operated
Pneumatic hammers
Power hammers
Reels [parts of machines]
Saws
Sewing machines
Shears, electric
Soldering irons, electric
Soldering lamps
Spinning machines
Spray guns for paint
Spraying machines
Starters for motors and engines
Steam engines
Stitching machines
Thermic lances [machines]
Tilt hammers
Tin openers, electric
Trueing machines
Typographic machines
Vacuum cleaner bags
Vacuum cleaners
Washing apparatus
Wax-polishing (Machines and apparatus for -), electric
Welding machines, electric
Whisks, electric, for household purposes
Window openers, electric
Wrapping machines
Power saw blades
Fans for engines
Planes (Electric -)
Power tools
Punching machines
Vegetable slicers [machines]
Car washing machines.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer peripheral devices
Mouse [data processing equipment]
Scanners [data processing equipment]
Mouse pads
USB flash drives
Tablet computers
Joysticks for use with computers, other than for video games
Smartglasses
Scales
Measures
Aerials
Switchboards
Smartphones
Loudspeakers
Microphones
Video recorders
Camcorders
Stereos (Personal -)
Headphones
Digital photo frames
Electronic book readers
Baby monitors
Editing appliances for cinematographic films
Shutter releases [photography]
Slide projectors
Flash-bulbs [photography]
Projection screens
Screens [photography]
Diaphragms [acoustics]
Tripods for cameras
Electrified rails for mounting spot lights
Flashlights [photography]
Lens hoods
Self-timers [for cameras]
Optical lenses
Magnifying glasses
Telescopes
USB cables for cellphones
Computer serial ports
Switches, electric
Plugs, sockets and other contacts [electric connections]
Current rectifiers
Couplings, electric
Relays, electric
Rheostats
Semi-conductors
Covers for electric outlets
Light-emitting diodes [LED]
Garments and clothes for protection against fire
Protective helmets
Filters for respiratory masks
Gloves for protection against accidents
Gloves for divers
Dust protective masks
Knee-pads for workers
Safety restraints, other than for vehicle seats and sports equipment