The trademark ADOPT was filed by GEB ADOPTAGUY, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 9, 2021, and received one opposition filed on August 9, 2021 by Lionfield Investments Ltd on (a) Art. 8(4), (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Nordemann Czychowski & Partner Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued August 9, 2021
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1609196 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The application was filed in French, and French 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 November 2, 2021.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Communications apparatus
Software
Compact discs
Eyewear
Downloadable electronic maps
Telecommunications software
Sound recording carriers
Binoculars
Audio devices and radio receivers
Computer peripheral devices
Sunglasses
Cabinets for loudspeakers
Amplifiers
Goggles for sports
Cases adapted for mobile phones
Phonograph records
Chargers for smartphones
Chargers for mobile phones
Battery chargers for use with telephones
Downloadable media
Spectacles
Covers for glasses
Computers
Hands-free kits for telephones
Apparatus for recording, transmitting, reproducing or processing sound, images or data
Digital recording media
Mobile software
Rulers [measuring instruments]
Scales
DVDs
Games software
Computer software applications, downloadable
Mobile telephones
Loudspeaker systems
Recording substrates [magnetic]
Cameras [photography]
Computer software platforms for social networking
Electronic publications, downloadable.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Computer aided transmission of messages and images
Chatroom services for social networking
Providing of access to clubs and discussion forums
Information about telecommunication
Communications by computer terminals or by fibre optic networks
Communications by telephone
Providing of access to a global and national computer network
Providing of online forums in connection with the organisation of clubs and discussion forums
Providing internet chatrooms
Electronic messaging
Rental of access time to national and global computer networks
On-line communication services
Telecommunication services
Connection via telecommunications to a global and national computer network
Radio broadcasting
Provision of access to content, websites and portals.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Organisation of competitions, games and lotteries of all kinds (education or entertainment)
Leisure services
Entertainment information
Publication of texts, other than publicity texts
Writing of texts, other than publicity texts
Game services provided online from a computer network
Layout services (other than for advertising purposes)
Radio entertainment
Arranging and conducting of shows
Arranging and conducting of concerts
Publication and dissemination of books, comics, newspapers and periodicals
Publication of multimedia programs
Publishing, reporting, and writing of texts
Publishing, publication of sound and/or visual media of all kinds, of recordings of sound and/or images, of multimedia
Multimedia entertainment software publishing services
Education and instruction services
Online publishing of texts, other than advertising texts
Entertainment services
Audio, video and multimedia production, and photography
Organisation and conducting of competitions relating to education or entertainment
Ticket agency services [entertainment]
Electronic publishing services
Publishing of texts (except publicity texts), illustrations, books, cartoons, newspapers, periodicals, magazines and publications of all kinds (except for publicity purposes) and in all forms, including electronic and digital publications
Television entertainment
Nightclub services [entertainment]
Entertainment, sporting and cultural activities
Arranging and conducting of colloquiums, conferences, congresses, seminars
Club services [entertainment or education]
On-line gaming services
Online publication of electronic books and journals.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
The bringing together of individuals for social purposes, namely dating services
Arranging of meetings between natural persons for social purposes, namely dating services
Dating services on the internet and mobile telephone networks