The trademark PROTEVS was filed by Solarisfloat, LdÂȘ., a corporation established under the laws of the Portuguese Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 2, 2017, and received one opposition filed on May 2, 2017 by City Electrical Factors Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute, (c) Earlier non registered TM & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. the opponent was represented by MARKS & CLERK LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 2, 2017
The application was filed in Portuguese, and Portuguese was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Accumulators for photovoltaic power
Solar powered telephones
Solar powered radios
Solar-powered rechargeable batteries
Crystalline silicon solar power cells
Solar energy collectors for electricity generation
Solar panels
Photovoltaic apparatus and installations for generating solar electricity
Photovoltaic apparatus for converting solar radiation to electrical energy
Photovoltaic apparatus and installations for generating solar electricity
Solar modules
Solar batteries
Solar wafers
Solar cells
Photovoltaic solar modules
Solar panel arrays
Solar battery chargers
Automatic solar tracking sensors
Solar batteries for domestic use
Solar batteries for industrial use
Solar cells for electricity generation
Electronical sensors for measuring solar radiation
Portable solar panels for generating electricity
Solar panels for the production of electricity
Photovoltaic inverters
Photovoltaic modules
Photovoltaics
Photovoltaic apparatus for generating electricity
Photovoltaic installations for generating electricity [photovoltaic power plants]
Calibrated photovoltaic reference cells
Photovoltaic cells.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Solar powered torches
Solar powered lamps
Solar energy powered heating installations
Solar powered ventilation apparatus
Heat pumps for energy processing
Solar thermal collectors [heating]
Solar water heaters
Thermal storage instruments [solar energy] for heating
Sunlight collecting apparatus for heating purposes
Solar lamps
Solar furnaces
Tanning apparatus [sun lamps]
Sun lamps for tanning purposes
Ultra-violet sun ray lamps for cosmetic purposes
Solaria, other than for medical purposes
Supports adapted for use with solar heating tubes
Solaria being suntanning apparatus, not for medical purposes
Evacuated heat pipe solar collectors [heat exchangers]
Glass covers being fittings for lamps for sun lamps.