The trademark CHAMPION RACEWAY was filed by IGT, a Nevada Corporation, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 17, 2016, and received one opposition filed on June 19, 2016 by CHAMPION PRODUCTS EUROPE UNLIMITED COMPANY on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by BUGNION S.P.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 19, 2016
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 19, 2016.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computer-gaming software
Gaming software that generates or displays wager outcomes of gaming machines
Downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for playing games
Computer games playable via a global computer network
Games playable via handheld electronic devices
Games playable via portable video players
Games playable via portable music players
Games playable via smart phones
Games playable via laptop computers
Games playable via handheld computers
Games playable via tablet computers
Games playable via cellular phones
Games playable via pagers
Games playable via personal digital assistants
Games playable via digital television set-top boxes
Games playable via interactive digital television controllers and games playable via programmable digital television recorders.
The mark was filed in class 28 with following description of goods:
Slot machines, gaming machines and poker machines
Gaming machines, namely, devices which accept a wager
Reconfigurable casino and lottery gaming equipment, namely, gaming machines and operational computer games software therefor sold as a unit
The aforesaid machines and equipment operating individually or in networks
Lottery tickets
Lottery cards
Scratch cards for playing lottery games
Raffle tickets.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Gaming services, namely on-line gambling
Gaming services, namely operation of an on-line casino providing video slot games playable via a global computer network
On-line gaming services
Entertainment services, namely, conducting a game of chance simultaneously at multiple, independent gaming establishments
Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer games