The trademark CITOLINE was filed by Lincoln Electric Deutschland GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 13, 2023, and received one opposition filed on July 12, 2023 by ZITRO INTERNATIONAL S.à r.l. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by CANELA PATENTES Y MARCAS, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 12, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
The application claimed as seniority of the Federal Republic of Germany trademark O16189 registered on October 5, 1994 and filed on April 16, 1993 which was accepted by the office.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Machines and machine tools for treatment of materials and for manufacturing
Motors and engines (except for land vehicles)
Machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles)
Agricultural implements other than hand-operated
Welding, cutting, brazing and soldering machines, and parts thereof
Soldering and electric arc cutting machines and apparatus
Electric soldering stations
Electric welding and cutting machines for metalworking
Welding apparatus and instruments
Machinery and apparatus for electric arc welding
Wirefeeders as parts of the aforementioned devices and machines and as a separate wire feed units
Cutting apparatus and instruments
Welding generators
Wire feeders for welders
Welding wire feeders
Welding and cutting torches
Blow pipes
Welding electrodes
Electrodes for welding machines
Electrodes for welding, soldering, hardsurfacing and brazing
Welding nozzles
Electrodes for electric welding, soldering and brazing
Electric welding torches
Electric arc welding torch
Torches and electrodes for soldering.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Electrical, measuring and control apparatus and instruments, apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity
Electrodes
Welding transformers
Inverters for power supply
Electrical power sources for welding machines and plasma cutting machines
Electric power supplies for welding and wire feeders
Calculating machines
Protective clothing, protective helmets, masks, gloves and shoes
Protective welding and cutting clothing
Cloth, helmets, masks, gloves and shoes for welding, soldering, brazing and cutting.