The trademark NEO was filed by Neo Performance Materials (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Singapore (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 1, 2017, and received one opposition filed on May 1, 2017 by Neo Industries, LLC on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by NOVAGRAAF UK and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 1, 2017
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on October 29, 2020. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 23, 2022. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 4, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 1 with following description of goods:
Products (in liquid, salt, oxide, metal and/or powder form) that are comprised of rare earth elements (cerium, dysprosium, erbium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, scandium, terbium, thulium, ytterbium or yttrium) that may also be combined with iron, boron, cobalt and/or zirconium to form alloys with magnetic properties
Rare metals (gallium, rhenium) and other precious metals
Water treatment agents, chemicals, preparations and substances
Water treatment products that contain rare earth elements (cerium, lanthanum and other rare earths).
The mark was filed in class 6 with following description of goods:
Alloys of common metals
Niobium
Niobium powder
Tantalum, tantalum powder and alloys
Rare metals (niobium, tantalum).
The mark was filed in class 40 with Recovery of precious metals and processes for recovery of gallium and rhenium..