The trademark Toolwiz was filed by Shiyu Tan, a national of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 10, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 9, 2023 by Signify Holding B.V. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Signify Intellectual Property and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 9, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Spanish was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003204673 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 4, 2024 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Lifting jacks other than hand-operated
Power drill bits
Files [power-operated tools]
Scissors, electric
Electric knife sharpeners
Impact wrenches
Power-operated screwdrivers
Power-operated ratchet wrenches
Paint spray guns
Vacuum cleaners
Air hammers
Tool bits for machines
Hammer drills
Power-driven wrenches
Drill bits for machines.
The mark was filed in class 8 with following description of goods:
Tap wrenches
Ratchets [hand tools]
Borers
Lifting jacks, hand-operated
Spanners [hand tools]
Pliers
Tube cutting instruments
Bits [hand tools]
Taps [hand tools]
Screwdrivers, non-electric
Pin punches
Bits for hand drills
Scissors
Drill bits for hand drills
Hex keys
Knife bags
Knife sharpeners
Carpet knives.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Alarms
Surveying instruments
Calipers
Spirit levels
Slide calipers
Measuring apparatus
Covers for electric outlets
Alcoholmeters
Protection devices for personal use against accidents
Reflective articles for wear, for the prevention of accidents
Slide-rules
Quantity indicators
Eyepieces
Whistle alarms
Signs, luminous
Levels [instruments for determining the horizontal]