| Serial Number | 79329174 |
| Word Mark | ECOCHOICE |
| Filing Date | Tuesday, September 7, 2021 |
| Status | 700 - REGISTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, August 22, 2023 |
| Registration Number | 7141172 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, August 22, 2023 |
| Mark Drawing | 3000 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, June 6, 2023 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of a stylized representation of a fish comprising a stylized blue tail, fin and eye above a stylized green leaf, and the wording ECOCHOICE in which the wording ECO is green and wording CHOICE is blue. The color white represents background and does not form part of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Navigation apparatus and instruments, namely, global positioning system (GPS), GPS tracking devices, marine compasses, and surveying instruments; photographic apparatus and instruments, namely, cameras, video cameras, underwater cameras and video cameras, fish finding cameras, tripods for cameras, bags for cameras and photographic equipment, camera mounts and supports; cinematographic apparatus and instruments being video recorders, audiovisual apparatus and instruments being audiovisual receivers, optical apparatus and instruments being eyeglasses, binoculars, and telescopes; weighing and measuring apparatus and instruments being scales, floating fish weighing scales, measuring rulers, fishing line counters and fish counters; signalling apparatus and instruments being signaling mirrors, emergency signal transmitters, signal whistles, signal bells, life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments, namely, life rafts, life vests, and fall protection equipment for fall restraint and fall arrest, namely, bars, anchors, harnesses, lines, lanyards, carabiners and anchorage connectors; Apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling the distribution or use of electricity; Apparatus and instruments for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data; Recorded and downloadable media, namely, recorded compact discs featuring instruction in the field of fishing, downloadable films and movies featuring instruction in the field of fishing, downloadable podcasts in the field of fishing, downloadable electronic newsletters delivered by e-mail in the field of fishing, downloadable documents and electronic books in the field of fishing provided via a website; recorded and downloadable computer software, namely, recorded computer game software in the field of fishing, computer game software downloadable via the Internet in the field of fishing, downloadable educational mobile applications featuring instruction in fishing, and downloadable mobile applications for playing online games in the field of fishing; downloadable virtual goods, namely, computer programs featuring fishing equipment for use in online virtual worlds, and downloadable computer game software featuring virtual goods, namely, fishing equipment for use in online virtual worlds; calculating machines; computers and computer peripheral devices; diving suits, divers' masks, ear plugs for divers, nose clips for divers and swimmers, gloves for divers, breathing apparatus for underwater swimming; fire-extinguishing apparatus; sonar and marine depth finders; cameras; video cameras; binoculars; fire, smoke and motion detectors, directional compasses; frequency meters; monitoring instruments, namely, marine sonars for finding fish, fish bite alarms and monitors; radar apparatus; battery chargers; remote control apparatus, being remote controls for GPS navigation devices, sonar equipment and fishing equipment in the nature of fish bite alarms; Safety, security, protection and signalling devices, namely, marking and signalling buoys, luminous safety beacons, flashing safety lights, reflective safety vests, safety nets; touch screens; spectacles; sunglasses; protective clothing, headwear and footwear for protection against accident or injury; life vests |
| Goods and Services | Hand tools, namely, multi-tool knives, pliers, tweezers, hand-operated ski edge sharpening tools, ice hammers, ice picks, hand-operated fishing hook sharpeners, hand-operated knife sharpeners, hand-operated scrapers for skis and their parts and fittings being magnetic tool holders, handles for hand tools, blades for hand tools, and blade guards for hand tool blades specially adapted for the aforesaid goods; knife sheaths; cutlery, namely, table cutlery, knives being tableware, fishing knives, forks being tableware, spoons being tableware, and scalers; side arms not including firearms, namely, hunting knives; razors; hand-operated ice drills and ice augers and their parts and fittings being drill bits, blade guards, and extension rods and handles specially adapted for the aforesaid goods; blades for hand operated ice drills and ice augers; tool belts; hand tools for use in fishing, namely, fish hook removers, fishing line removers, fishing hook files, shears and cutters for fishing, fishing line cutters, fish grippers, fish scalers, scoops and skimmers used in ice fishing, fishing forceps for removing fish hooks and their parts and fittings being fishing tool holders specially adapted for the aforesaid goods; fishing pliers; scissors |
| Goods and Services | Power-operated tools, namely, battery powered fishing line removers in the nature of fishing line remover machines and fishing line remover strippers; electric ski edge sharpening tools; motors and engines, except for land vehicles; machine coupling and transmission components, except for land vehicles; automatic vending machines; power operated ice drills and augers and their parts and fittings being drill bits, drill and auger holders, blade guards, and extension rods and handles specially adapted for the aforesaid goods; blades for power-operated drills and ice augers; aerators being floating aerator machines and battery powered aerators being machines used in fishing |
| Goods and Services | Leather and imitations of leather; animal skins and hides; luggage and all-purpose carrying bags; umbrellas and parasols; walking sticks; whips, harnesses and saddlery; collars, leashes and clothing for animals; All-purpose carrying bags; rucksacks; handbags; travelling bags; school bags; tool bags of leather, sold empty |
| Goods and Services | Games, toys and playthings, namely playing cards, card games, board games, toy balls, plush toys; video game machines; gymnastic apparatus; sporting articles, namely skis, ski poles, ski bindings, ski bags; decorations for Christmas trees; Fishing tackle; handheld fishing nets; floats for fishing; rods for fishing; lures for fishing; artificial fishing bait; reels for fishing; reel seats, being structural parts of fishing rods; lines for fishing; hooks for fishing; fishing tackle boxes; bags adapted for fishing tackle |
| Pseudo Mark | ECO CHOICE |
| Goods and Services | Clothing, namely, shirts, trousers, hoodies, sweatshirts, T-shirts, clothing jackets, rain jackets, bib overalls, winter jackets, winter bib overalls, winter gloves, neck gaiters, scarves, belts, hosiery, underwear; Footwear; Headwear; Clothing, namely, gloves, vests, clothing jackets, bib overall, neck gaiters, scarves and belts, for fishermen; Footwear and headwear for fishermen; Fishing vests; Swimming suits |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) blue and green is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Ropes and string; nets, namely, fishing nets; tents and tarpaulins; awnings of textile or synthetic materials; sails; sacks for the transport and storage of materials in bulk; nets for camouflage; thread, not of metal, for wrapping or binding, namely, twine; wrapping or binding bands, not of metal; Fishing tents and ice fishing tents |
| Goods and Services | Raw and unprocessed grains and edible seeds; foodstuffs and beverages for animals; Fishing bait, live; Edible processed fishing baits; freeze-dried fishing bait; Hard boiled fishing baits, being processed fishing bait; Ground baits for fishing, made of natural materials being processed fishing baits; Bran mash for animal consumption; draff for animal consumption; fish meal for animal consumption; grains and seeds for animal consumption |
| International Class | 007 - Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 019, 021, 023, 024, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 3, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 008 - Hand tools and implements (hand-operated); cutlery; side arms; razors. |
| US Class Codes | 023, 028, 044 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 3, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 008 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 009 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus. |
| US Class Codes | 021, 023, 026, 036, 038 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 3, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 018 - Leather and imitations of leather, and goods made of these materials and not included in other classes; animal skins, hides; trunks and traveling bags; umbrellas, parasols and walking sticks; whips, harness and saddlery. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 002, 003, 022, 041 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 3, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 018 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 022 - Ropes, string, nets, tents, awnings, tarpaulins, sails, sacks and bags (not included in other classes); padding and stuffing materials (except of rubber or plastics); raw fibrous textile materials. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 002, 007, 019, 022, 042, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 3, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 022 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 025 - Clothing, footwear, headgear. |
| US Class Codes | 022, 039 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 3, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 025 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 028 - Games and playthings; gymnastic and sporting articles not included in other classes; decorations for Christmas trees. |
| US Class Codes | 022, 023, 038, 050 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 3, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 028 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 031 - Agricultural, horticultural and forestry products and grains not included in other classes; live animals; fresh fruits and vegetables; seeds, natural plants and flowers; foodstuffs for animals; malt. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 046 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Monday, January 3, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 031 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Rapala VMC Oyj |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | FI |
| Party Name | Rapala VMC Oyj |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | FI |
| Party Name | Rapala VMC Oyj |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | FI |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Monday, December 11, 2023 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, November 22, 2023 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, November 22, 2023 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Wednesday, November 22, 2023 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2023 | NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED |
| Tuesday, August 22, 2023 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Sunday, June 11, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, June 6, 2023 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2023 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, May 17, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, May 2, 2023 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Monday, May 1, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Monday, May 1, 2023 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Monday, May 1, 2023 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Wednesday, January 4, 2023 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Wednesday, January 4, 2023 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, January 4, 2023 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Saturday, December 17, 2022 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Friday, December 16, 2022 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, December 16, 2022 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, August 2, 2022 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, July 13, 2022 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, July 13, 2022 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Thursday, June 23, 2022 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Wednesday, June 22, 2022 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Saturday, June 11, 2022 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Friday, January 7, 2022 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Monday, January 3, 2022 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Thursday, December 23, 2021 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |