The trademark AQUATECHNIK was filed by AQUATECHNIK GROUP S.p.A., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on January 3, 1999, and received one opposition filed on March 30, 1999 by Elaboración de Plásticos Españoles, S.A. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 30, 1999
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Two renewals of the trademark were recorded, one on April 9, 2007, and the other one on February 21, 2017.
A transfer of the trademark registration was recorded on August 9, 2009. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 5, 2009. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 1, 2011. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on November 28, 2017. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on December 3, 2017.
The Opposition with reference B 000146318 was rejected according to Rule 22(2) CTMIR with decision issued on February 25, 2001 by the EUIPO.