The trademark AMA was filed by Reddit, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 11, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 17, 2020 by American Medical Association on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BIRD & BIRD LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 17, 2020
The application was filed in Danish, and Danish 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 October 18, 2021.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Entertainment services in the form of question-and-answer interactive interviews
Interviewing of experts and contemporary figures for entertainment purposes
Interviewing of experts and contemporary figures for educational purposes
Entertainment services, namely, online non-downloadable videos of individuals responding to interview-style questions
Online entertainment services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Application service provider (ASP) featuring software for enabling users to host and participate in online question-and-answer interactive interviews
Application service provider (ASP) featuring software for enabling users to post, search, view, watch, share, submit, critique, rate, bookmark, index, store, collect and comment on messages, news, comments, multimedia content, videos, movies, films, photos, audio content, animation, pictures, images, information, and user-generated content
Hosting of online non-downloadable software for uploading, downloading, editing, posting, displaying, tagging, sharing and transmitting messages, news, comments, text, publications, multimedia content, videos, movies, films, photos, audio content, animation, pictures, images, information, and user-generated content
Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software applications accessible via a web site
Hosting of digital content online
Hosting of multimedia entertainment content
Hosting of multimedia educational content
Hosting of platforms and portals on the internet
Hosting online facilities for conducting interactive discussions
Hosting an online website community for users to share information, films, photos, audio and video content including for the purposes of receiving feedback from their peers and others and including for the purpose of forming virtual communities, and to engage in social networking
All being for entertainment and educational purposes only.