The trademark FOX iHOME was filed by FOXESS CO., LTD, a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 2, 2023, and received one opposition filed on November 2, 2023 by Fox Media LLC on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Allen Overy Shearman Sterling LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 2, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on April 11, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Angle valves being parts of machines
Pumps [parts of machines, engines or motors]
Speed governors for machines, engines and motors
Dynamos
Laundry presses
Internal combustion motors [other than for land vehicles]
Ball valves being parts of machines
Electric driving motors for machines
Agricultural machines
Diesel engines not for land vehicles.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer application software
Video monitors
Computer network hubs
Security surveillance robots
Sensors
Remote control apparatus
Eyewear
Power banks
Video projectors
Electrical weighing apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Lighting apparatus and installations
Luminaires
Fans [air-conditioning]
Air cooling apparatus
Heating apparatus, electric
Heating installations [water]
Water distributor armatures for heating
Sanitary apparatus and installations
Water purification installations
Electric radiators [not for motors and engines]
Refrigerating and freezing equipment
Cooking apparatus and installations
Heat pumps.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Technical research
Research to develop new products
Research in the field of information technology
Computer system design
Advisory and information services relating to the design and development of computer hardware