The trademark MB ATECH was filed by Mühlbauer GmbH & Co. KG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 11, 2023, and received one opposition filed on October 9, 2023 by ATEQ on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by ATLANTIP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 9, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 4, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 1 with following description of goods:
Chemical substances, chemical materials and chemical preparations, and natural elements
Battery electrolytes, Electrolyte, for use in relation to the following goods: Fuel cells
Chemicals for use in the manufacture of solar cells
Hydrogen
Catalysts
Catalysts for use in control of hydrogen emissions
Chemical catalysts for suppressing hydrogen emissions.
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Machines, parts and turnkey production installations for manufacturing precision parts and packaging straps for the electrical industry. machines and turnkey production installations for sheet metal forming, welding, precision machining, CNC milling, eroding, grinding, surface treatment, and system assembly
Machines, parts and turnkey production installations including stations for dispensing and encapsulation, assembling, UV-curing and integrated circuit or board module testing
Machines, parts and turnkey production installations including stations for testing, contacting, and labelling solar cells, modules and panels
Machines, parts and turnkey production installations for manufacturing solid and flexible solar cells, modules and panels, including roll-to-roll backend apparatus for flexible and non-stick coated solar cells on foil substrates
Machines, parts and turnkey production installations for manufacturing solid and flexible solar cells, modules and panels, including roll-to-roll backend apparatus for flexible, self-adhesive solar cells on foil substrates
Turnkey production installations for roll-to-roll backend apparatus for pre-laminating, laminating, testing,sorting and packaging and roll-to-roll backend apparatus for manufacturing flexible pre-laminating materials, laminating, testing, sorting and packaging glass panels
Machines and Turnkey production installations and test benches, Parts therefor, in relation to the following goods: Solar cells, Solar modules, Solar panels, goods from battery and fuel cell production
Electrolysis apparatus for electroplating
Machines for generating gas by electrolysis
Hydrogen dispensing pumps for service stations
Machines for producing hydrogen, Production installations for hydrogen manufacture
Machines and production installations for hydrogen production through electrolysis
Machines for manufacturing of fuel cells, Production installations for fuel cell manufacture
Machines and production installations for battery cell manufacture
Machines and production installations for electrode manufacture
Wind-powered electricity generators
Wind power installations
Windmills
Electrical generators using solar cells
Solar power generators
Catalytic converters for motors and engines.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Optical, measuring and checking (supervision) apparatus and instruments
Apparatus and instruments for accumulating and storing electricity
Photovoltaic apparatus for generating electricity
Electrical and electronic components
Computer hardware and electronic modules for industrial mechanical imaging including mechanical imaging apparatus for surface inspection in the fields of packaging industry, metal working and solar cell, battery cell and fuel cell manufacture and processing
Fuel cells and parts thereof
Fuel cell electrodes
Fuel cells
Semi-finished goods from fuel cell manufacture
Finished goods from fuel cell manufacture
Battery cells, related parts
Semi-finished goods from battery cell manufacture, finished goods from battery cell manufacture
Solar cells
Solar modules
Solar-powered rechargeable batteries
Solar panels
Accumulators for photovoltaic power
Thin film solar cells, thin film solar modules, solar panels
Photovoltaic apparatus and installations for generating solar electricity
Cathodes
Anodes
Computer software for use in remote meter reading
All the afore-mentioned goods excluding leakage detectors, leak detection apparatus, leak testing apparatus, instruments for checking sealing.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Installation services, maintenance, Assistance and repair, in relation to the following goods: Machines and production installations and test benches for solar cells, solar modules, solar panels, goods from battery and fuel cell production
Repair, Maintenance and installation, in relation to the following goods: Machines, parts and turnkey production installations for manufacturing precision parts and packaging straps for the electrical industry, machines and turnkey production installations for sheet metal forming, welding, precision machining, CNC milling, eroding, grinding, surface treatment, and system assembly
Repair, Maintenance and installation, in relation to the following goods: Machines, parts and turnkey production installations including stations for dispensing and encapsulation, assembling, UV-curing and integrated circuit or board module testing
Repair, Maintenance and installation, in relation to the following goods: Machines, parts and turnkey production installations, including stations for testing, connecting and labelling solar cells, modules and panels, machines, parts, and turnkey production installations for manufacturing solid and flexible solar cells, modules and panels, including roll-to-roll backend apparatus for flexible and non-stick coated solar cells on foil substrates
Repair, Maintenance and installation, in relation to the following goods: Machines, parts and turnkey production installations, including stations for testing, connecting and labelling solar cells, modules and panels, machines, parts and turnkey production installations for manufacturing solid and flexible solar cells, modules and panels, including roll-to-roll backend apparatus for flexible, self-adhesive solar cells on foil substrates
Repair, Maintenance and installation, in relation to the following goods: Turnkey production installations for roll-to-roll backend apparatus for pre-laminating, laminating, testing, sorting and packaging and roll-to-roll backend apparatus for manufacturing flexible pre-laminating materials, laminating, testing, sorting and packaging glass panels
Repair, Maintenance and installation, in relation to the following goods: Machines and turnkey production installations and test benches and parts thereof for solar cells, solar modules, solar panels, goods from battery and fuel cell production
Repair, Maintenance and installation, in relation to the following goods: Electrolysis apparatus for galvanisation, machines for gas production through electrolysis, Hydrogen dispensing pumps for service stations
Repair, Maintenance and installation, in relation to the following goods: Machines and production installations for hydrogen manufacture, machines and production installations for hydrogen manufacture through electrolysis, machines and production installations for fuel cell manufacture, machines and production installations for battery cell production, machines and production installations for electrode production
All the afore-mentioned services not related to leakage detectors, leak detection apparatus, leak testing apparatus, instruments for checking sealing.
The mark was filed in class 40 with following description of goods:
Treatment services, manufacture, for others, in relation to the following goods: Battery cells, fuel cells, related parts
Custom manufacture and assembly services, namely Custom manufacture of prefabricated construction elements
Treatment services and manufacture, for others, in relation to the following goods: Precision parts for use in the aerospace, medical, semiconductor, automation and measuring technology, fuel cell and battery cell industry and in the automobile and optical industry
Processing and manufacture, for others, of precision parts by means of CNC machines, laser cutting machines, electric discharge machines, welding machines, levelling machines, die-stamping machines, grinding machines and surface treatment machines
All the afore-mentioned services not related to leakage detectors, leak detection apparatus, leak testing apparatus, instruments for checking sealing.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Industrial process research for the production of hydrogen
Industrial process research relating to fuel cell production
Industrial process research relating to battery cell production
Design and development of computer hardware and software including combined data management, production control and material management in connection with battery and fuel cells or parts thereof, personalisation and production management software for identity cards, driver licences, passports, bank cards or health cards
Design and Development, in relation to the following goods: Computer hardware and software for industrial mechanical imaging including mechanical imaging apparatus for surface inspection in the fields of packaging industry, metal working, solar cell, battery cell and fuel cell processing, production and manufacture
Design and development of computer software and hardware for battery and fuel cells or parts thereof
Development of precision parts for battery and fuel cells or parts thereof, for the medical and semiconductor industries
Development of battery and fuel cells or parts thereof
Industrial research
Custom design services
Software customisation services
Monitoring of computer systems by remote access
All the afore-mentioned services not related to leakage detectors, leak detection apparatus, leak testing apparatus, instruments for checking sealing.