The trademark Zoomlion was filed by Karolina Skrzypczyk, a national of the Republic of Poland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 29, 2022, and received one opposition filed on November 7, 2022 by Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., Ltd. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by INGENIAS and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 7, 2022
The application was filed in Polish, and Polish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003182703 was refused according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on November 29, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Current generators
Agricultural, earthmoving, construction, oil and gas extraction and mining equipment
Lifting and hoisting equipment, elevators and escalators
Robotic handling apparatus
Front end loaders
Linear transfer machines
Winching machines
Cargo handling machines
Ramps being machines
Loading ramps
Self-propelled hydraulic platforms
Universal load transfer units
Handling apparatus for loading and unloading
Sweeping, cleaning, washing and laundering machines
Moving and handling equipment
Construction machines
Loaders for agricultural machines
Straw bale tightening machines
Grass collecting machines
Stubble cutting machines
Lawn rolling machines
Machines for use in viticulture
Lawn and garden tilling machines
Tilling machines for agricultural purposes
Power tillers
Chopping machines
Forestry machines
Timber harvesting machinery
Weeding machines
Fodder mixing machines [feed mixers]
Robotic mechanisms used in agriculture
Mechanical lawn mowers
Bunchers [machines]
Joggers [agricultural machines]
Fertilizer spreading machines
Agricultural machines for grass collecting
Agricultural machines for ground cultivation
Agricultural machines for sowing
Agricultural machines for fertilising
Agricultural machines for grass cutting
Agricultural machines for ploughing
Agricultural machines
Fertilizer distributing machines and implements, other than hand-operated implements
Horticultural machines
Sprayers [machines] for agricultural use in spraying insecticides
Sprayers [machines] for agricultural use in spraying fungicide
Sprayers [machines] for agricultural use in spraying herbicide
Sprayers [machines] for use in horticulture
Sprayers [machines] for use in agriculture
Motor hoes [machines]
Garden tilling machines
Tree branch cutters [machines]
Horticultural implements [machines]
Agricultural implements other than hand operated hand tools
Edging tools [machines]
Straw mills [machines]
Ploughs [tractor towed agricultural implements]
Hay balers [tractor towed agricultural implements]
Sprayers for use in agriculture [parts of machines]
Agricultural spraying machines
Sprayers affixed to vehicles for spraying crops
Sprayers for towing behind vehicles for spraying crops