The trademark GRIPCON was filed by Schaaf GmbH & Co. KG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 9, 2022, and received one opposition filed on January 9, 2023 by Bröderna Bengtsson Dumpertransport AB on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by SWEA IP LAW AB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 9, 2023
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:
Building materials of metal
Nuts, Bolts, Taper pins, tubing, Screws, Threaded parts, Protective caps, Flanges, Cone sleeves, flanged form connections, Threaded parts and Fixings and connectors, all the aforesaid goods of metal, Including quick-connector systems
Tubes of metal, High pressure pipes
High pressure metal cylinders
Tin cans
Bolt-sleeve combinations
Construction material of metal for the manufacture of shaft-hub connections, shaft connections, flanged form connections (including having blind holes) and axle connections of metal.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Installation, repair, maintenance and consultancy relating thereto, relating to hydraulic apparatus and tools, hydraulic devices for pushing and pulling hubs on conical and cylindrical shaft seats, hydraulic devices for producing threaded connections, screw connections, shaft-hub connections, shaft connections and axle connections and hydraulic devices for recording and creating thread geometries
Installation, repair, maintenance and consultancy relating thereto, relating to testing, measuring, control and inspection apparatus, including being optical, including in connection with hydraulically producible connections, including for control and monitoring of hydraulic tightening processes of screws, nuts, bolts, sleeves, cone sleeves, taper pins, flanges, flanged connections, threaded parts and for fastening and connection elements
Installation, repair, maintenance and consultancy relating thereto, relating to thread cutting machines, devices and apparatus, and including other devices for recording and creating thread geometries
Consultancy relating to the installation, repair and maintenance of tensioned connections.
The mark was filed in class 40 with following description of goods:
Treatment of materials, namely Burnishing
Custom construction of machines, Custom apparatus engineering
Custom manufacture of hydraulic push and pull devices, including for hubs on conical and cylindrical shaft seats and devices for recording and creating thread geometries
Custom manufacture of hydraulic connections, connection elements and their parts
Custom manufacture, in relation to the following goods: Tools, Construction and building materials
Custom manufacture, in relation to the following goods: Fastening elements, connection elements, Especially, Patterns, tubing, Bolts, Taper pins, cone sleeves, Screws, Flanges, Threaded parts
Custom manufacture of fastening and connection elements and hydraulic high pressure tools and their parts
Custom manufacture of threaded connections, screw connections, shaft-hub connections, shaft connections and axle connections and other hydraulically producible connections.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Engineering services and Design services
Engineering and design services in the field of hydraulic tools, apparatus, hydraulic tensioning devices, including being hand-operated, movable and/or robotic, connections and connection elements
Creation of measurement tables, test tables, requirements and handling information in the field of hydraulic tension
Technical consultancy relating to hydraulic apparatus and tools, hydraulic devices for pushing and pulling hubs on conical and cylindrical shaft seats, hydraulic devices for producing threaded connections, screw connections, shaft-hub connections, shaft connections, axle connections and thread geometries and hydraulic devices for creating tensioned connections
Technical consultancy relating to testing, measuring, control and inspection apparatus, including being optical, including in connection with hydraulically producible connections, and apparatus, including being optical, for control and monitoring of hydraulic tightening processes of screws, nuts, bolts, sleeves, cone sleeves, taper pins, flanges, flanged connections, threaded parts and for fastening and connection elements and for recording and creating thread geometries
Development of software for hydraulically produced connections, recording and creating thread geometries and for recording data relating to the production of hydraulic tensioning devices.