The trademark TRIOS was filed by Schmidt-Edelstahl GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 16, 2020, and received one opposition filed on October 12, 2020 by PERI SE on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GOLDENBERG IP and proceedings were handled in German, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 12, 2020
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 6 with following description of goods:
Common metals and their alloys
Building materials of metal
Buildings, transportable, of metal
Railway material of metal
Non-electric cables and wires of common metal
Pipes and tubes of metal
Ores of metal
Sheet metal
Metal tapes
Metal shapes
Building and construction materials made wholly or principally of common metal
Building materials comprised wholly or mainly of metal
Building units and building elements of metal, namely claddings, steel panels, hoods, roofing and covers
Roofing panels, wall panels and roof claddings, all being of metal or metal alloys
Non-slip boards and sheets of metal
Non-slip boards and sheets of copper
Non-slip boards and sheets of of aluminium
Non-slip boards and sheets of brass
Non-slip boards and sheets of metal alloys
Leaves, sheets, plates and strips, all the aforesaid of common metal or metal alloys, and goods of metal or metal alloys manufactured from leaves, sheets, plates and strips and other flat materials, included in class 6
Tubes of metal
Metal alloy tubing
Pipes of metal
Metal alloy tubing
Pipework of metal
Tubes or metal alloys
Steel sheets of stainless steel
Steel sheets of stainless aluminium
All inclused in class 6
Stainless steel in sheet form
The aforesaid goods other than formwork panels, formwork, formwork systems, formwork substructures and accessories for the aforesaid goods.
The mark was filed in class 40 with Treatment of materials, namely cutting, embossing and rolling sheets and non-slip boards of precious, common metals and metal alloys, including metal, copper, aluminium and brass.