The trademark FFA CONCEPT was filed by C.Q.F.D. (Société par Actions Simplifiée), a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 12, 2005, and received one opposition filed on September 12, 2005 by Fédération Française de l´Acier on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Earlier sign & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. the opponent was represented by Pied, Marie-Laurence and proceedings were handled in French, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 12, 2005
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on August 29, 2015.
of the trademark registration was recorded on August 29, 2015. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 3, 2014.
The Opposition with reference B 000901456 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on August 30, 2009 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 6 with following description of goods:
Common metals and their alloys
Metal building materials, sheets and plates of metal, mouldings and profiles of metal, metal skirting, fences of metal, partitions of metal, grilles of metal, bars and scrolls of metal, gates of metal, shutters, doors and windows of metal, letterboxes of metal, door and window frames of metal
Ladders and scaffolding of metal, pot hooks of metal, stair treads (steps) of metal, running boards and nosings of metal, sills of metal, staircases of metal, wainscotting and laths of metal, awnings of metal, cornices and angle irons of metal, clothes hooks of metal, tubing, roofing of metal and wire gauze
Pipes and tubes of metal
Ironmongery
Hooks (small items of metal hardware), props of metal, workbenches of metal, ironwork and fittings, for doors and windows, of metal, furniture fittings of metal
Bells.
The mark was filed in class 19 with following description of goods:
Building materials (non-metallic), mouldings and profiles, not of metal, non-metallic skirting, fences, not of metal, partitions, not of metal, grilles, not of metal, bars and scrolls, not of metal, gates, not of metal, shutters, doors and windows, not of metal, letterboxes, not of metal, door and window frames, not of metal
Ladders and scaffolding, not of metal, stair treads (steps), not of metal, running boards and nosings, not of metal, sills, not of metal, staircases, not of metal, wainscotting and laths, not of metal, awnings, not of metal, cornices and angle irons, not of metal, clothes hooks, not of metal, tubing, roofing and gauze, not of metal
Props, not of metal, signalling panels, non-luminous and non-mechanical, not of metal, rods of wood, semi-worked wood, manufactured timber, veneer wood.
The mark was filed in class 20 with Furniture, bulletin boards, rods and mouldings for picture frames, racks, shelves, display stands, ladders and scaffolding of wood or plastic, workbenches, not of metal, window and door fittings, not of metal, edgings of plastic for furniture, furniture fittings, not of metal, trestles (furniture).