The trademark application GIBSON was filed by Gibson, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 1, 2012, and it was registered by office on May 10, 2012 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in English (French was selected as the second language).
Cancellation Proceedings
A total of undefined cancellation proceedings were initiated against the trademark registration in 2012.The first Cancellation was filed by Hans-Peter Wilfer (represented by MEISSNER BOLTE PATENTANWÄLTE RECHTSANWÄLTE PARTNERSCHAFT MBB) on January 27, 2021 and Final decision – Request rejected on formalities.
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on November 18, 2021.
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on September 16, 2013. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 8, 2017. Declaration under Art.28(8) EUTMR of the trademark registration was recorded on February 2, 2017. Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on May 27, 2018. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on May 30, 2018. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on April 1, 2019. Deletion of the representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 7, 2021. Decisions on applications for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on February 4, 2021. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on May 3, 2021. Relative errors of the trademark registration was recorded on September 26, 2022. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on May 20, 2021. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on June 8, 2023. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on March 10, 2024. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on May 2, 2024.
The Appeal with reference B R2298/2019-5 was Trade mark remains valid according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 3, 2020 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 15 with following description of goods:
Musical instruments, including guitars
Bass drum sticks
Batons (Conductors' -)
Bellows for musical instruments
Bow nuts for musical instruments
Bows for musical instruments
Bridges for musical instruments
Cases for musical instruments
Catgut for musical instruments
Chin rests for violins
Conductors' batons
Dampers for musical , instruments
Drumheads
Drumsticks
Harp strings
Horsehair for bows for musical instruments
Intensity regulators for mechanical pianos
Kettledrum frames
Keyboards for musical instruments
Keys for musical instruments
Mouthpieces for musical instruments
Music rolls [piano]
Music stands
Mutes for musical instruments
Pedals for musical instruments
Pegs for musical instruments
Perforated music rolls
Piano keyboards
Piano keys
Piano strings
Picks for stringed instruments
Plectrums
Reeds
Rolls (Perforated music-)
Sheet music (Turning apparatus for -)
Skins for drums
Stands (Music-)
Stands for musical instruments
Sticks (Drum-)
Sticks for bows for musical instruments
Strings for musical instruments
Tuning forks
Tuning hammers
Turning apparatus for sheet music
Valves for musical instruments
Wind pipes for organs.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes
Printed matter
Bookbinding material
Photographs
Stationery
Adhesives for stationery or household purposes
Artists' materials
Paint brushes
Typewriters and office requisites (except furniture)
Instructional and teaching material (except apparatus)
Plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes)
Printers' type
Printing blocks
Adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes
Architects' models
Babies' napkin-pants [diaper-pants] of paper and cellulose, disposable
Babies' napkins of paper and cellulose [disposable]
Babies' napkins of paper and cellulose, disposable
Babies' diapers of paper and cellulose, disposable
Bags '(Garbage-) of paper or of plastics
Bags for microwave cooking
Balls for ball-point pens
Chalk (Marking-)
Chaplets
Checkbooks [cheque books] (Holders for-)
Clips (Money-)
Composing frames [printing]
Composing sticks
Diaper-pants (Babies'-) of paper and cellulose, disposable
Diapers (Babies' -) of paper and cellulose, disposable
Diapers (Babies'-) of paper and cellulose[disposable]
Engraving plates
Galley racks (printing)
Garbage bags of paper or of plastics
Graining combs
Hand labelling appliances
Holders (Passport -)
Holders for checkbooks [cheque books]
House painters' rollers
Marking chalk
Microwave cooking (Bags for -)
Models (Architects' -)
Money clips
Mounting photographs (Apparatus for-)
Napkin-pants (Babies'-) of paper and cellulose, disposable
Napkins of paper and cellulose (Babies'-), disposable
Napkins of paper and cellulose (Babies'-) [disposable]
Packaging material made of starches
Passport holders
Photograph stands
Photographs (Apparatus for mounting -)
Printers' blankets, not of textile
Printers' reglets
Rollers (House painters' -)
Rosaries
Self-adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes
Sheets of reclaimed cellulose for wrapping
Starches (Packaging material made of-)
Steatite [tailor's chalk]
Tailors' chalk
Trays for sorting and counting money
Vignetting apparatus
Wristbands for the retention of writing instruments.
The mark was filed in class 25 with following description of goods: