The trademark Geha was filed by HOLDHAM, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 19, 2010, and received one opposition filed on October 18, 2010 by GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SCHNEIDERS & BEHRENDT PARTMBB, RECHTS- UND PATENTANWÄLTE and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 18, 2010
The application was filed in German, and German 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 May 12, 2020.
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 15, 2025. A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on May 4, 2025.
The application claimed as seniority of the Federal Republic of Germany trademark G40307 registered on May 28, 1992 and filed on December 12, 1991 which was accepted by the office.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 2 with following description of goods:
Paints, in particular painting and textile paints
Varnishes
Lacquers
Mordants
Preservatives against rust
Preservatives against the deterioration of wood
Colorants and dyestuffs (included in class 2)
Raw natural resins
Metals in foil and powder form for painters, decorators, printers and artists
Fixatives for watercolours
Printing or printer ink
Printing paste
Inks (toners) in powder or liquid form for printers and copiers
Ink-jet inks for ink-jet printers for industrial and office applications
Filled (refillable and non-refillable) ink containers, in particular filled (refillable and non-refillable) ink cartridges and ink refill kits for typewriters, printers and other printing office equipment
Filled (refillable and non-refillable) toners, toner kits and toner cartridges for laser printers and copying apparatus
Special containers and covers adapted for the aforesaid goods, included in class 2.
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Shredding and cutting machines (included in class 7), namely document shredders and shredders for other office waste, paper cutters
Machines, namely paper converting machines, including sheet fed paper converting machines
Thermal laminating machines
Labellers, lithographic labellers
Sheet to sheet laminating machines
Printing machines
Punching machines
Slitting and cutting machines
Sheet-feeding machines, machines for cutting, folding, handling, printing on, winding, binding and laminating paper, cardboard or film
Parts and accessories for the aforementioned goods
Machines and machine tools, namely document shredders
Cutting tools and frames for file shredding machines and combinations of file shredding machines and baling presses
Microfilm shredding machines
Presses for producing bales from waste material, in particular fully automatic baling presses with electro-hydraulic drive systems
Parts for file shredding machines and baling presses, in particular waste paper baskets being parts of file shredding machines
Office machines and parts therefor, and office machine accessories, namely catalysts and filters for printers and photocopiers.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Electric and electronic measuring, signalling and checking (supervision) apparatus and equipment, all for the office sector
Teaching apparatus and equipment
Computers, computer equipment, data processing equipment, computer hardware and computer peripheral devices, all for the office sector
Computer programs and computer software, in particular for processing standardised templates for accounting and invoicing applications
Software for optical character recognition
Disk storage means
Magnetic wires, discs and tapes
Pre-recorded data carriers for use with computers
Magnetic discs, cards and tapes and tape cassettes for use with computers
Data memories for use with computers
Semiconductor memories
Semi-conductor memory units
Optical and electromagnetic data and information carriers
Multimedia publications (downloadable), in particular standardised templates for accounting and invoicing applications
Reading aids for the visually impaired (optics)
CD-ROMs
Electronic publications (downloadable)
Keyboard and print out apparatus for use with computers
Input devices for computers
Mice
Joysticks
Trackballs
Light pens
Visual-display apparatus
Copiers
Digital colour copiers
Photocopying apparatus
Scanners
Plotters
Printers
Reprographic apparatus
Optical, measuring, signalling and checking (supervision) apparatus and instruments, all for the office sector
Apparatus for recording, transmission and/or reproduction of images, all for the office sector
Facsimile-transmitting and receiving apparatus
Multifunctional devices which incorporate copier and facsimile functions in the standalone mode
Computer-controlled sheet-feeding apparatus
Calculating machines
Hand-held calculators
Counting devices, included in class 9
Electronic word processing installations
Apparatus and instruments for the storage, retrieval and/or display of data, all for the office sector
Telecommunications apparatus and installations
Modems
Optical character readers
Parts, accessories and attachments for all the aforesaid goods included in class 9
Bags for mobile telephones, laptop bags, bags for organisers (included in class 9)
Filing devices for data carriers, namely boxes, drawers, bags, folders, sleeves, towers, files, all being fitted goods
Computer software in the form of an electronic document management systems
Electronic, magnetic, optical and electro-optical storage and archiving systems and media, all for the office sector
Scientific, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling and checking (supervision) apparatus and instruments, all for the office sector
Teaching apparatus and instruments
Magnetic data carriers, recording discs
Automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin-operated apparatus
Cash registers
Calculating machines
Software for processing photographs and images, and for controlling print processes, including for labels
Electric and electronic apparatus for communication purposes
Data processing equipment for the office sector
Copying apparatus
Tape casettes for sound recording and recorded sound cassettes
Cassette holders in the form of boxes
Laser printers
Parts for laser printers, included in class 9
Developer units (parts for printers), magnetic field generators, ozone filter apparatus (parts for printers)
Empty ink containers, in particular ink cartridges and ink refill kits for printers, ink refill devices, ink refill sets, toner refill devices, toner refill sets
Electronic pens, in particular for screens
Ink cartridges (empty) for printers, ink kits (empty) for printers and copying apparatus
Empty parts for all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9
Print heads
Ink storage tanks (empty)
Empty toner cartridges
Toner containers (empty)
Containers for used toner (fitted goods)
Toner kits (empty)
Photo conductor cylinders, magnetic cylinders, developing stations, being parts for laser printers
Letter scales
Parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9
Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity, all for the office sector
Apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images, in particular televisions and monitors, including LCD monitors
Interactive computer terminals for the sales sector
Cinematographic and photographic overhead projection apparatus
Presentation demo sets, included in class 9
Projection screens, in particular screens, LC data projection apparatus
Laser apparatus, for training, presentation and communications purposes, in particular laser pointers
Beamers
Projection apparatus and accessories, included in class 9, in particular film reel cassettes, film reel carrying equipment, anti-glare devices, dust hoods
Bags for mobile phones, laptop bags, bags for organisers, of plastics, plastic-coated and uncoated fabrics and textiles.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, included in this class, in particular paper wipers for wiping away pastel and charcoal drawings, writing, drawing or painting pads, paper for photocopiers, paper rolls for fax machines, coloured paper, gloss paper, transparent or translucent paper
Printed matter, in particular books, periodicals, newspapers and children's writing books
Bookbinding material
Photographs
Stationery, including cases for stamps (seals), stamps, ink pads for stamps, stamp ink, automatic stamps, carbon paper and self-copying paper, knives for paper, desk pads, stands for writing implements, pencil sharpeners, rubber erasers, correcting fluid, correcting paper, correcting tapes for covering or correcting writing, typing and drawing errors, and cassettes and equipment for unrolling and applying the aforesaid correcting devices, erasing pencils, inks, in particular painting, writing and drawing inks, ink cartridges, inkwells
Writing and drawing implements, in particular fountain pens, ballpoint pens, fineliners, porous-point pens, ink rollers, overhead projectors, markers, permanent markers, wax crayons, pencils, text markers, crayons, gel pens, refills for writing implements
Clips for writing implements
Nibs
Pen and pencil cases and boxes
Cases for writing-, drawing-, painting and modelling goods, especially pen cases and boxes for school purposes, for pastels and oil crayons
Paste for modelling, in particular for modelling objects and for children
Adhesives for stationery or household purposes
Self-stick-notes
Artists' materials, in particular artists' paints, drawing and colouring sticks, paint boxes, paint boxes for children, spare paints (in tablet form) for paint boxes, opaque white in tubes
Palettes for painters, modelling clay
Paint brushes
Instructional and teaching material (except apparatus)
Instructional documents
Stencil plates
Handwriting specimens for copying
Plastic materials for packaging, included in Class 16
Self-adhesive tapes for stationery or household purposes
Sealing material, in particular seals and sealing lacquer
Painting chalk, in particular blackboard chalk, water colour chalk, drawing chalk, road chalk, wax crayons, finger painting chalk, chalk crayons
Pastels
Charcoal pencils
Rubber bands
Document laminating apparatus
Self-adhesive labels, in particular on rolls and on sheets, printed and unprinted, namely computer perforated marging labels, decorative labels, double-sided labels (duplex), continuous barcodes, adhesive labels of packing paper, adhesive labels with protective laminated coatings for indoor and outdoor use, adhesive labels with variable data, for example continuous numbering, adhesive labels with corporate advertising, product marking, note labels, holographic labels, correcting labels (adhesive opaque coating), laser, inkjet, copier labels of adhesive paper and adhesive film, name labels for use on textiles, safety labels, self-adhesive, packaging and sealing labels, water-soluble adhesive labels
Hand labelling appliances
Plastic folders for writing, drawing and painting products
Files
Folders
Catalogues and envelopes
Ring binders
Binders
Collectors
Hanging files
Hanging files
Hanging folders
Suspension collecting folders
Desk files
Portfolios for documents for signature
Archiving cases and boxes
Display sleeves
Leaflet sleeves
Subject dividers
File spine labels (also self-adhesive)
Clipboards
Spring-back files and folders
Mechanical spring back and filing devices for holding and storing written materials, business card binders and albums
Presentation folders and albums
Desk pads
Letter trays
Floor boxes
Cases and cartons (exclusively for office purposes)
Storage trays for non-electric office equipment and office requisites, in particular for staplers, staples and writing implements
Notepad holders
File flags
Binding strips
Indexes
Document hole punches
Labels, not of textile
Typewriters and office requisites (except furniture), in particular inking and correction ribbons, printer ink cartridges
Typing ribbons and typing ribbon cassettes and thermal printing ribbons for typewriters, computer printers and photocopiers
Paper, file and data carrier shredders, being office equipment
Thermal transfer rolls for fax machines
Transparent films for direct inscription, transparent films for the transmission in normal paper copiers, transparent films for computer output apparatus
Empty ink containers, in particular ink cartridges, ink cartridges and ink refill kits for typewriters and other printing office equipment
Electrical cleaning appliances for writing and drawing instruments.