The trademark SPlayer was filed by Sagittarius Technology Co. Ltd, a corporation established under the laws of the People's Republic of China (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 20, 2020, and received one opposition filed on November 24, 2020 by TVN S.A. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by BIURO PATENTOWE HANNA BORAWSKA and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 24, 2020
The application was filed in Finnish, and Finnish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003135445 was refused according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on January 18, 2022 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer software for controlling the operation of audio and video devices
Software applications for use with mobile devices
Computer software downloaded from the internet
Interactive entertainment software for use with computers
Computer software for creating and editing music and sounds
Computer software for processing digital music files
Computer software to enhance the audio-visual capabilities of multimedia applications
Interactive video software
Portable media players
Videodisc players
Multimedia software recorded on CD-ROM.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Translation services
Providing translation services
Recreation information
Video tape editing
Video entertainment services
Sound recording and video entertainment services
Production of sound and music recordings
Production of video and audio recordings
Audio, film, video and television recording services
Game services provided on-line from a computer network.