The trademark application GripGuard was filed by SCHUNK SE & Co. KG Spanntechnik Greiftechnik Automatisierungstechnik, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 5, 2023, and it was registered by office on December 13, 2023 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on March 12, 2024.
The Refusal with reference B 018764248 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on May 22, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Chucks, expansion chucks, Clamping blocks, machine vices, work steadies (steady rests), Vices, Lock cylinders, Grippers, Tensioning tools, Zero point clamping devices, clamping plates and clamping tables, tooling columns, The aforesaid goods being machine parts
Parallel grippers, centric grippers, angular grippers, radial grippers, the aforesaid goods in the form of parts of machines
Vice clamps and gripping jaws, in particular top jaws, pendulum jaws, plier jaws for mechanical tensioning and gripping devices, the aforesaid goods in the form of parts of machines
Linear modules and Linear actuators
Rotary unions for machines
Spindles (parts of machines)
Mechanical tool changers and tool holding systems
Valves in the form of parts of machines, in particular pressure valves, pressure retention valves, non-return valves
Valve blocks being parts of machines
Parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods (included in class 07).
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Electric and/or electronic control and regulating equipment for grippers and tighteners being parts of machines
Pressure sensors, power sensors, contact sensors and magnetic field sensors, displacement measuring, controlling and/or regulating of drives for grippers and tighteners being parts of machines
Sensors for grippers and tighteners being parts of machines, Especially Collision sensors, force sensors, Magnetic sensors, Pressure sensors, Position sensors, force-torque sensors, Position sensors, Radio sensors, Laser measurement sensors
Software for controlling and/or regulating the operation of grippers and tighteners being parts of machines