018473629

DG STAGE+

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May 16, 2021

Trademark Summary

The trademark DG STAGE+ was filed by Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft mbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 7, 2021, and received one opposition filed on March 7, 2022 by GROUPE CANAL+ on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by SANTARELLI and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued March 7, 2022

The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).

Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 13, 2021.

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Pre-recorded audio tapes, discs and cassettes, video tapes, discs and cassettes, digital audio and audio video tapes and discs, CDs, DVDs, laser discs, and phonograph records all featuring music and entertainment
  2. Theatrical and musical sound and video recordings
  3. Downloadable and recorded virtual reality game software
  4. Virtual reality game software recorded on tapes, cartridges and cassettes
  5. Downloadable ring tones, music, MP3 files featuring music and entertainment, graphics, images in the field of music and music-related entertainment, and videos in the field of music and music-related entertainment, all for wireless communication devices
  6. Downloadable music, MP3 files featuring music and music-related entertainment, graphics, images in the field of music and music-related entertainment, and videos in the field of music and music-related entertainment
  7. Downloadable and recorded computer game software
  8. Computer game software recorded on tapes, cartridges and cassettes
  9. Downloadable and recorded video game software
  10. Video game software recorded on tapes, cartridges and cassettes
  11. Turntable slipmats
  12. Mouse pads
  13. Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, booklets, sheet music, magazines, journals, manuals, brochures, leaflets, pamphlets and newsletters, all in the field of music and music-related entertainment
  14. Downloadable mobile applications for accessing, displaying, distributing, downloading, playing, receiving, streaming, and transmitting music and music-related entertainment
  15. Plastic and cardboard cases for storing phonograph records, cassettes, CDs, DVDs, and other physical media
  16. Plastic and cardboard phonograph record sleeves
  17. Hand grips, stands, mounts, and protective cases and covers adapted for handheld electronic devices, namely, cellphones, smartphones, tablet computers, cameras, and portable sound and video players.
• The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Promotional services, namely, promoting the social justice, non-profit, volunteer, community service, charitable, and philanthropic organizations and programs of others
  2. Organizing and administering of non-monetary contributions to social justice, non-profit, volunteer, community service, charitable, and philanthropic organizations and programs in the fields of music and music related entertainment
  3. Organizing and administering volunteer programs and community service projects in the field of music and music related entertainment
  4. Distributorship services relating to pre-recorded audio tapes, discs and cassettes, video tapes, discs and cassettes, digital audio and audio video tapes and discs, CDs, DVDs, laser discs, and phonograph records, theatrical and musical sound and video recordings, downloadable and recorded virtual reality game software, virtual reality game software recorded on tapes, cartridges and cassettes, downloadable ring tones, music, MP3 files, graphics, images and videos, downloadable music, downloadable and recorded computer game software, computer game software recorded on tapes, cartridges and cassettes, downloadable and recorded video game software, video game software recorded on tapes, cartridges and cassettes, turntable slipmats, mouse pads, downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, booklets, sheet music, magazines, journals, manuals, brochures, leaflets, pamphlets and newsletters, downloadable mobile applications for accessing, displaying, distributing, downloading, playing, receiving, streaming, and transmitting, plastic and cardboard cases for storing phonograph records and other physical media, plastic and cardboard phonograph record sleeves, hand grips, stands, mounts, and protective cases and covers adapted for handheld electronic devices, namely, cellphones, smartphones, tablet computers, cameras, and portable sound and video players in the fields of music, entertainment, art, culture, social justice and criminal justice
  5. Advertising, promotion, and publicity services, and related consulting services
  6. Computerized online ordering services in the fields of music, entertainment, art, culture, social justice and criminal justice
  7. Computerized online retail store services in the fields of music, entertainment, art, culture, social justice and criminal justice
  8. Computerized online gift ordering services which match the gift giver's requirements with the gift recipients wants and needs
  9. Conducting an online tradeshow exhibition, in the fields of music, entertainment, art, culture, social justice and criminal justice
  10. Online retail store services related to clothing, bracelets, wristbands, caps, hats, books, backpacks, posters, stickers, buttons, mugs, keychains, totebags, messenger bags, and downloadable and pre-recorded music, movies, and audio-visual content
  11. Organization of promotions using audio-visual media
  12. Preparing audio-visual displays for music advertising
  13. Preparing audio-visual presentations for use in advertising
  14. Arranging and conducting trade show exhibitions in the fields of music, entertainment, art, culture, social justice and criminal justice
  15. Arranging and conducting fairs and exhibitions for business and advertising purposes
  16. Promoting and conducting trade shows in the fields of music, entertainment, art, culture, social justice and criminal justice
  17. Promoting the concerts of others
  18. Promoting the goods and services of others by arranging for sponsors to affiliate their goods and services with concerts, musical events, artists and record labels, and social justice, non-profit, volunteer, community service, charitable, and philanthropic organizations and programs
  19. Promoting the goods of others by preparing and placing advertisements in an electronic magazine accessed through a global computer network
  20. Providing consumer product information about the goods and services of others via a global computer network
  21. Retail store services available through computer communications and interactive television related to clothing, bracelets, wristbands, caps, hats, books, backpacks, posters, stickers, buttons, mugs, keychains, totebags, messenger bags, and downloadable and pre-recorded music, movies, and audio-visual content
  22. Subscriptions to books, reviews, newspapers or comic books
  23. Brand imagery consulting services
  24. Business consulting and information services
  25. Business management consulting with relation to strategy, marketing, production, personnel and retail sale matters
  26. Business marketing consulting services
  27. Consulting services in the field of commercial administration of the licensing of the goods and services of others
  28. Design of advertising materials for others
  29. Design of internet advertising
  30. Business management and business consulting services in the fields of user experience marketing research, business strategy development, design of advertising materials, procuring of contracts for the purchase and sale of entertainment intellectual property content, alternative marketing and distribution of sales promotion materials, and marketing and promotion of business opportunities for others
  31. Promotional advertising of products and services of third parties through sponsoring arrangements and license agreements relating to concerts, musical events, artists and record labels, and social justice, non-profit, volunteer, community service, charitable, and philanthropic organizations and programs
  32. Marketing consulting
  33. Tour management, namely, management of tours for performing artists
  34. Merchandise consulting, namely, providing information about products via telecommunication networks for advertising and sales purposes
  35. Merchandise management, namely, inventory control
  36. Publishing administration and publishing management, namely, business management of intellectual property rights through performance rights organizations
  37. Music business services, namely, business consulting, business management and providing information in the music business field
  38. Providing advertising, marketing and promotional services, namely, development of advertising campaigns for television, film, print, radio, outdoor billboards, mobile telephone advertising and online advertising
  39. Providing business management information in connection with consulting and advisory services in the field of strategic planning
  40. Providing consulting services in the field of facilitating the planning, buying, and selling of media
  41. Providing organizational development consulting services
  42. Social media strategy and marketing consulting focusing on helping clients create and extend their product and brand strategies by building engaging marketing solutions
  43. Providing a website and information in connection with all of the foregoing.
• The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Transmitting streamed sound and audio-visual recordings via the Internet
  2. Streaming of audio and video material on the Internet
  3. Internet radio broadcasting services
  4. Online streaming of music
  5. Digital and electronic transmission of voice, data, sound, images, audio and video content, and messages
  6. Video-on-demand transmission services
  7. Audio-on-demand transmission services
  8. Providing online chat rooms and forums and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among users concerning music and entertainment
  9. Providing wireless electronic transmission of uploadable and downloadable ring tones, voice, music, MP3 files, graphics, games, images, videos, information and news via a global computer network to wireless mobile communication devices
  10. Sending and receiving voice and text messages between wireless communication devices
  11. Providing wireless communication services, namely, transmission of ringtones to mobile telephones and mobile devices
  12. Providing wireless communication services, namely, transmission of ringtones to mobile telephones and mobile devices, and transmission of ringtones to mobile telephones via subscription services, whereby users can select from a variety of call notification sounds and music
  13. Providing multiple-user access to a global computer information network
  14. Broadcast of cable television programs
  15. Broadcasting programs via a global computer network
  16. Cable radio broadcasting and transmission
  17. Cable, network and satellite television broadcasting and transmissiodistrn services
  18. Information, advisory and consultancy services relating to the aforesaid.
• The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Entertainment and record label services in the nature of recording, production, and post-production services in the field of music
  2. Recording studio services
  3. Record production
  4. Record mastering
  5. Sound mixing
  6. Music publishing services
  7. Production of sound and image recordings on sound and image carriers
  8. Editing and recording of sounds and images
  9. Ticket agency services for concerts, festivals, and other entertainment, sporting, cultural, educational, artistic, live, and special events
  10. Entertainment services, namely, organizing and conducting concerts, festivals, and other entertainment, sporting, cultural, educational, artistic, live, and special events
  11. Production of television and radio programs
  12. Distribution of television and radio programs for others
  13. Providing online entertainment, namely, providing non-downloadable sound and video recordings in the fields of music and entertainment
  14. Entertainment services, namely, providing online non-downloadable prerecorded musical sound and video recordings via a global computer network
  15. Fan clubs
  16. Development and dissemination of educational materials of others in the fields of music and entertainment
  17. Radio entertainment production and distribution
  18. Film and video production
  19. Production of motion picture films
  20. Distribution of motion picture films
  21. Television program syndication
  22. Entertainment in the nature of ongoing television programs in the fields of music and entertainment
  23. Entertainment, namely, a continuing music and entertainment show distributed over television, satellite, audio, and video media
  24. Publication of books and magazines
  25. Entertainment in the nature of ongoing radio programs in the field of music and entertainment
  26. Entertainment in the nature of live concerts and performances by artists, celebrities, and other influencers and tastemakers
  27. Entertainment services, namely, personal appearances by artists, celebrities, and other influencers and tastemakers
  28. Entertainment services in the nature of live performances rendered by artists, celebrities, and other influencers and tastemakers through the medium of television, radio, and audio and video recordings
  29. Entertainment services, namely, performances by artists, celebrities, and other influencers and tastemakers rendered live and recorded for future distribution
  30. Educational and entertainment services, namely, production and presentation of television shows, sports events, fashion shows, game shows, music shows, award shows and comedy shows before live audiences which are all broadcast live or taped for later broadcast
  31. Entertainment services, namely, providing a website featuring non-downloadable musical and entertainment performances, videos, related film clips, photographs, and other multimedia materials featuring music and entertainment
  32. Entertainment services, namely, providing online reviews of music and entertainment
  33. Entertainment services, namely, providing prerecorded non-downloadable music and entertainment, information in the field of music and entertainment, and commentary and articles about music and entertainment, all online via a global computer network
  34. Entertainment services, namely, live, televised and movie appearances by artists, celebrities, and other influencers and tastemakers
  35. Entertainment services, namely, organizing and conducting exhibitions in the field of music and entertainment
  36. Organizing exhibitions for entertainment purposes featuring music and entertainment
  37. Publishing of web magazines.