The trademark METRO INTERNATIONAL was filed by METRO INTERNATIONAL S.R.L., a corporation established under the laws of the Italian Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 2, 2012, and received undefined oppositions.
Opposition Proceedings
There are undefined Oppositions claimed against trademark.
The first opposition filed on December 2, 2012 by Metro International S.A. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute, (c) Earlier sign & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. the opponent was represented by ZACCO SWEDEN AB and its proceedings were handled in English The second opposition filed on November 26, 2012 by MIP METRO Group Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Earlier sign & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. and its proceedings were handled in English
The application was filed in Italian, and Italian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 25, 2012.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 6 with Tubs of metal and Swimming pools of metal..
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Machines and Apparatus for the food industry
Installations, equipment and machines for the transport, packaging, palletisation and storage of goods
Conveyors
Pneumatic transporters
Belt conveyors
Belt conveys
Elevators
Machines for filling and empting bags, containers and packaging
Installations, equipment and machines for peeling, chopping, cutting, dicing, squeezing, paring and slicing vegetables and fruit
Installations, equipment and machines for washing vegetable and fruit
Separators for foodstuffs
Machines for mixing foodstuffs
Complete production lines for producing pulp and tomato puree
Complete production lines for producing sauces and juices.
The mark was filed in class 11 with Installations and machines for sterilising, drying, heating, parboiling, pasteurising and chilling vegetables, fruit and foodstuffs.
The mark was filed in class 19 with Tubs not of metal and Swimming pools, not of metal..