The trademark Kleber was filed by Shanghai Kleber New Material 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 May 23, 2023, and received one opposition filed on August 23, 2023 by MAGNEM ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΑΣ ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΓΑΛΕΙΩΝ on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by MARGAROU, ANNA and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 23, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018876621 was partially rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 2, 2024 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003201877 was Reject opposition: opposition not admissible according to Article 8(1)(a) EUTMR with decision issued on November 27, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 6 with following description of goods:
Copper, unwrought or semi-wrought
Wire gauze
Wire of common metal alloys, except fuse wire
Zinc
Aluminium
Zinc and its alloys
Silver-plated tin alloys
Beryllium [glucinium]
Aluminium foil
Tin
Laths of metal
Springs [metal hardware]
Tension links
Wire of common metal
Aluminium wire
Metal in powdered form.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Heat sinks for use in computers
Central processing unit [CPU] coolers
Interfaces for computers
Electromagnetic measuring detectors
Cooling pads for laptop computers
Optical fibers
Earth terminals
Clothing for protection against accidents, irradiation and fire