The trademark FORTE TOOLS was filed by Uždaroji akcinė bendrovė "Kesko Senukai Lithuania", a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Lithuania (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 11, 2022, and received one opposition filed on November 13, 2022 by ABRATOOLS, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by PONS IP, S.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 13, 2022
The application was filed in Lithuanian, and Lithuanian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on August 26, 2024. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 2, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 3 with Abrasive sanding sponges.
The mark was filed in class 6 with following description of goods:
Hand operated metal garden hose reels
Wire nets and gauzes
Staples for construction use
Wall hooks of metal for pipes
Nails
Sprigs [dowel pins] of metal
Cut nails
Pegs of metal
Boxes for storage purposes [metal]
Wood screws made of metal
Flanges of metal [collars]
Flanges of metal [collars]
Couplings of metal for tubing
Anchor flanges of metal
Ladders of metal
Hose hangers of metal
Expansion joints of metal
Joint connectors (Metal -) for pipes
Screw threaded fasteners of metal
Structural joint connectors of metal
Snap rings [fasteners] of metal
Pipe fittings [junctions] of metal.
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Cutting, drilling, abrading, sharpening and surface treatment machines and apparatus
Nail extractors, electric
Power operated tools
Knives being parts of machines
Knives, electric
Machine knives
Blades [parts of machines]
Cutter bar knives [parts for machines]
Socket spanners [machines]
Socket spanners [machines]
Screwdriver bits for electric screwdrivers
Multiple function hand-held screwdrivers (Electric -)
Air hammers
Riveting hammers [powered tools]
Industrial hammers [machines]
Wet wheel abrasive cutters [machines]
Shovels, mechanical
Mechanical shovels [machines]
Mining shovels [machines]
Swamp dozer shovels
Dozer shovels
Shovels, mechanical
Levellers [machines]
Glazing rollers
Rivet guns
Riveting machines
Power-operated rivet guns
Riveters [powered tools]
Cultivators [machines]
Cultivators [power lawn and garden tools]
Power driven hedge shears
Tree branch cutters [machines]
Tree branch pruners (Electric -)
Electric sharpeners
Sprayers [machines] for household use in spraying weedkillers
Sprayers [machines] for garden use in spraying weedkillers
Gardening tools (Electric -)
Head attachments for power tools
Hydraulic torque wrenches
Tap ratchets [machines]
Power-operated grinding wheels
Discs for abrading for use with power tools
Screwdriver bits for machines
Jig saws
Machines for comminuting
Electric graters
Power-operated garden hose reels.
The mark was filed in class 8 with following description of goods:
Hex keys
Screwdrivers, non-electric
Grafting knives
Sprayers [hand-operated tool] for household use in spraying weedkillers
Sharpening stones
Pruning knives
Pruning saws [hand-operated]
Pruning scissors
Hedge cutters [hand-operated tools]
Filling trowels
Scrapers [hand tools]
Augers [hand tools]
Rakes
Rakes [hand tools]
Holing axes
Sprayers [hand-operated tool] for garden use in spraying weedkillers
Tool holders
Holing axes
Ratchets [hand tools]
Chisels [hand tools]
Choppers being knives
Spades [hand tools]
Weeding forks [hand tools]
Shear blades
Axes
Hatchets
Riveters [hand tools]
Riveting hammers [hand tools]
Tillers [hand-operated tools]
Ice axes
Socket spanners
Socket sets [hand-operated tools]
Pliers
Gimlets [hand tools]
Broadaxes
Scissors (Non-electric -) for wallpaper
Knives
Cutting discs [hand operated tools]
Cutting, drilling, grinding, sharpening and surface treatment hand tools
Saws [hand tools]
Saws for cutting branches
Hammers [hand tools]
Hammers, mallets and sledgehammers
Pliers
Sprayers for use in horticulture [hand tool]
Sprayers for use in agriculture [hand tool]
Hand shears (Hand operated -)
Nail extractors, hand-operated
Hand tools, hand-operated
Hand-operated tools for planting bulbs
Riveters [hand tools]
Hand-operated weed diggers
Hand-pumped sprayers
Scissor sharpeners (Hand operated -)
Screwdriver bits for hand operated screwdrivers
Chucks for hand-operated tools
Pincers [hand tools]
Pruning scissors
Tin snips
Cleavers
Snow shovels
Gardeners' knives
Trowels [gardening]
Pruning shears
Gardening shears
Gardening scissors
Tree pruners
Dies [hand tools]
Roll-up fabric container for hand tools
Forks
Branch cutters [hand-operated]
Wallpaper seam rollers
Socket wrenches [hand operated tools]
Fertiliser spreaders [hand-operated]
Combination pliers
Fruit pickers [hand tools]
Pipe wrenches
Lawn rakes [hand-operated tools]
Screw wrenches
Nut drivers [hand tools]
Ring spanners
Scissors
Nail nippers
Grass whips being hand tools
Parts and fittings for rakes.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Rules [measuring instruments]
Portable gauging tapes
Steel rules for measuring
Measuring tapes
Levels [instruments for determining the horizontal]
Electrical power extension cords.
The mark was filed in class 11 with following description of goods:
Garden showers
Whirlpool jets
Faucet sprayers
Irrigation spray nozzles
Spray fittings [parts of sanitary installations]
Spray fittings [parts of shower installations].
The mark was filed in class 12 with Carts for garden hoses.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Desk organisers
Paintbrushes
Paint rollers
Paint roller trays
Paint roller handles
Paint roller covers
Paint trays
Paint applicators in the nature of sponges
Paint boxes.
The mark was filed in class 17 with following description of goods:
Masking tape
Adhesive tapes, strips, bands and films
Connectors (Non-metallic -) for hoses
Garden hoses.
The mark was filed in class 19 with Latticed netting of glass for building purposes and Reinforcing mesh made of textile fibres for construction purposes..
The mark was filed in class 20 with following description of goods:
Nails, not of metal
Fixing nails, not of metal
Sprigs [dowel pins], not of metal
Plastics wall plugs
Ladders made of plastics
Step ladders made of wood
Hand-operated non-metal garden hose reels.
The mark was filed in class 21 with following description of goods:
Brooms
Broom handles
Sponge holders
Brush holders
Household containers
All-purpose portable household containers
Valet trays [receptacles for small objects] for household purposes