The trademark Lecon Chef was filed by Guangdong Lechuang Electric Appliance Co., LTD, a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 1, 2023, and received one opposition filed on August 1, 2023 by De Longhi Benelux S.A. on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Mathys & Squire Europe Patentanwälte Partnerschaft mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 1, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Food and beverage processing and preparation machines and apparatus
Blenders, electric, for household purposes
Electric food grinders
Electric fruit juice extractors
Electric kitchen tools
Food chopping machines for commercial use
Juice extracting machines
Machines for making pasta
Power-operated meat grinders
Meat slicing machines
Meat processing machines
Waste management and recycling machines
Paper shredding machines
Packaging machines
Packaging machines for food
Pumps
Air compressors
Sweeping, cleaning, washing and laundering machines
Ironing machines and laundry presses
Dishwashers.
The mark was filed in class 8 with following description of goods:
Cutlery, kitchen knives, and cutting implements for kitchen use
Canteens of cutlery
Hand-operated choppers
Hand-operated slicers
Kitchen knives
Pasta cutters (Hand operated -)
Table cutlery [knives, forks and spoons]
Vegetable peelers [hand tools]
Hand tools, hand-operated
Tin openers, non-electric
Hand-operated tools and implements for treatment of materials, and for construction, repair and maintenance
Trimmers [hand operated tools]
Agricultural, gardening and landscaping tools
Electrical shavers for removing fuzz from fabric [hand instruments]
Nail skin treatment trimmers
Garden tools, hand-operated
Knife sharpeners
Hand tools for construction, repair and maintenance
Manicure and pedicure tools
Cutting, drilling, grinding, sharpening and surface treatment hand tools.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Burners, boilers and heaters
Glue-heating appliances
Gas boilers
Electric boilers
Drying installations
Electric laundry dryers for household purposes
Drying ovens
Cooking, heating, cooling and preservation equipment, for food and beverages
Food dehydrators
Cooking utensils, electric
Cooking apparatus and installations
Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning and purification equipment (ambient)
HVAC systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning)
Domestic heating utensils
Lighting and lighting reflectors
Decorative lighting sets
Personal heating and drying implements
Warmers [not for medical use]
Refrigerating and freezing equipment
Freezer cabinets.
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Household utensils for cleaning, brushes and brush-making materials
Abrasive instruments for kitchen [cleaning] purposes