The trademark DEELS was filed by DEELS, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 6, 2023, and received one opposition filed on December 6, 2023 by Meta Platforms, Inc. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by GRÜNECKER and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued December 6, 2023
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with mobile applications and Software, for use in the following fields: Reservation and promotion of leisure activities and Downloadable software for users to search, enrol and participate in leisure activities and communicate information for social, entertainment and social networking purposes..
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Dissemination and promotion of advertisements of others via communications media of all kinds
Business networking of individuals and professionals
Providing of information online, in relation to the following fields: Commercial, promotional and advertising events
Business networking services
Commercial intermediation services
Promotion of goods and services of others
Customer loyalty services for commercial, promotional, and/or advertising purposes
Management and administration of customer loyalty programmes and incentive schemes
Organisation, operation and supervision of loyalty schemes and incentive schemes
Arranging and conducting of promotional events
Subscription to services of others
All these services being rendered in the context of promotion and reservation of leisure activities
Arranging of competitions for advertising purposes.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Issuance of vouchers and tokens of value being part of a customer loyalty scheme
Issuing of gift certificates for conversion into goods or services
Provision of travellers' cheques
Providing of information, in relation to the following fields: Issuance of tokens of value and travellers cheques.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Organization of entertainment events, Organising events for cultural purposes, Organization of sporting events, Organization of entertainment events
Entertainment services
Organization of competitions [education or entertainment]
Ticketing and event booking services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software as a service (SaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) for online searching and booking of leisure activities
Facilitating, In connection with the following goods: Software for business and social networking
Providing temporary use, In connection with the following goods: Non-downloadable software and websites for users to search, enrol and participate in leisure activities and communicate information for social, entertainment and social networking purposes.