The trademark SHI Sumitomo Heavy Industries was filed by SUMITOMO HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD., a corporation established under the laws of Japan (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 26, 1999, and received one opposition filed on December 20, 1999 by Sterling Fluid Systems (Germany) GmbH on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GLAWE, DELFS, MOLL and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 20, 1999
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Two renewals of the trademark were recorded, one on October 12, 2008, and the other one on July 26, 2018.
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on August 20, 2001. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 20, 2001. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 19, 2007. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on January 20, 2008. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on March 29, 2010. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on March 17, 2011. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 15, 2020.
The Opposition with reference B 000224743 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) CTMR with decision issued on September 23, 2002 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Machines and machine tools
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals for manufacturing machines, including sintering machines, converters, casting machines, rolling mills, bar and wire rod mills, pipe making machines, levellers, straighteners, and shears
Forging machines
Forging rolls
Mechanical and hydraulic presses
Electro magnets and lifting magnets, being parts of machines
Plastics manufacturing and processing machines, including thermo-forming machines, overwrap shrinking machines, film converting machines, laminators, extruders, moulding machines including injection and blow moulding machines, and moulding presses
Materials handling machines and conveying machines, including cranes, ship loaders, continuous unloaders, travelling cranes, conveyor systems, sorting systems, moving walkways, monorail systems, automated parking systems, automated storage and retrieval systems
Water and soil treatment machines
Solid/liquid separation equipment
Centrifuges
Chemical processing machines
Distillation, extraction and mixing equipment
Powder handling equipment
Pulp and paper manufacturing machinery
Turbine blades and blades for jet engines (not for land vehicles)
Travelling type water gates and dry docks (being machines)
Mechanical shield machines for tunnelling
Motors, including diesel engines, electrical motors and geared motors (other than for land vehicles)
Machine bearings
Power transmission mechanisms including variators, DC drives, inverter drives and servo drives
Drive mechanisms for damping variators in the towers of bridges
Automatic welding manipulators
Mechanical, hydraulic and electric actuators
Laser machining systems
Laser welding machines
Surface grinding machines
Gear grinding machines
Copper foil treating machines
Crushing machines
And parts and fitting for all the aforesaid goods.