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EUTM file information

018181213

GameStar

January 15, 2020

Trademark Summary

The trademark GameStar was filed by Webedia Gaming GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on July 5, 2020, and received one opposition filed on October 1, 2020 by INTERNATIONAL DATA GROUP, INC. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by DANUBIA SZABADALMI ÉS JOGI IRODA KFT. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued October 1, 2020

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

The Appeal with reference B R2353/2022-2 was Application partially rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 20, 2024 by the EUIPO. The Appeal with reference B R2547/2022-2 was Application partially rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on March 20, 2024 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 003132022 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on October 25, 2022 by the EUIPO.

Goods And Services

  • The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
    1. Computers
    2. Downloadable publications
    3. Electronic publications, downloadable
    4. Electronic publications recorded on computer media.
  • The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
    1. Printed publications in general
    2. Printed matter
    3. Bookbinding material
    4. Printed publications
    5. Publications
    6. Books
    7. Manuals [handbooks]
    8. Catalogues
    9. Periodicals
    10. Magazines [periodicals]
    11. Pamphlets
    12. Comics
    13. Educational and instructional material
    14. Leaflets
    15. Photographs [printed]
    16. Printed reports
    17. Printed information sheets
    18. Printed news releases
    19. Printed publicity and advertising materials
    20. Home shopping catalogs
    21. Journals
    22. Informational sheets
    23. Periodicals
    24. Prospectuses
    25. Promotional publications
    26. Paper, Cardboard, Millboard, Paper articles, included in class 16, namely paper bags, Tickets, Control tokens, Printed forms
    27. Towels made of paper
    28. Posters, flags and pennants of paper or cardboard
    29. Bags and envelopes, of paper or plastic, for packaging
    30. Stationery, In particular pens, Blocks, Paper sheets, Bindings, Geographical view maps, Greeting cards, Writing paper, Calendars, Stickers
    31. Stickers [stationery], Transfers [decalcomanias], Transparencies.
  • The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
    1. Business management
    2. Business administration
    3. Office functions
    4. Advertising
    5. Online advertising in data networks
    6. Radio advertising
    7. Advertising by mail order
    8. Outdoor advertising
    9. Print advertising
    10. Internet advertising
    11. Dissemination of advertising matter
    12. Direct mail advertising
    13. Advertising via mobile radio networks
    14. Advertising on mobile phone television
    15. Advertisement for others on the Internet
    16. Advertising agency services
    17. Demonstration of goods
    18. Planning and design of advertising activities
    19. Presentation of companies on the Internet and other media for promotional purposes
    20. Distribution of advertising, marketing and promotional material
    21. Distribution of samples
    22. Sales promotion (for others), public relations
    23. Market research on digital networks (webvertising)
    24. Telemarketing services
    25. Market analysis and research
    26. PR agency services, including public relations
    27. Writing of publicity texts
    28. Updating of advertising material
    29. Publication of publicity texts
    30. News clipping services
    31. Marketing
    32. Marketing studies
    33. Advertising, marketing and promotional consultancy, advisory and assistance services
    34. Provision of advertising space, time and media
    35. Search engine optimisation
    36. Business analysis, research and information services
    37. Business consultancy and advisory services
    38. Market research and market studies and analysis
    39. Rental of advertising space
    40. Auctioneering, including on the Internet
    41. Arranging contracts, for others, for the buying and selling of goods and the providing of services
    42. Arranging of commercial transactions, for others, includng within the framework of e-commerce
    43. Receiving and administrative processing of purchase orders
    44. Presentation of goods and services
    45. Business and organization consultancy
    46. Collating, maintenance and systematic ordering of data in computer databases
    47. Arranging advertising contracts for others
    48. Employment agency services
    49. Development of advertising concepts
    50. Advertising research
    51. Advertising management
    52. Distribution of products for advertising purposes
    53. Economic information
    54. Sales promotion, for others, in particular marketing and promotion of goods and services of all kinds, including via online portals
    55. Arranging of subscription agreements, for others, for the broadcasting and dissemination of television programmes, in particular in the form of pay-TV and video-on-demand
    56. Arranging of commercial and business contacts
    57. Price calculation for goods and services
    58. Conducting of competitions and prize games for advertising purposes
    59. Production of lottery, television, radio and Internet commercials
    60. Public relations services
    61. Consumer consultancy
    62. Rental of advertising films
    63. Publication of publicity texts
    64. Data search in computer files for others
    65. Presentation of companies on the Internet and other media
    66. Sponsoring in the form of advertising
    67. Arranging of subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals (for others)
    68. Publication of printed matter (including in electronic form), for advertising purposes
    69. Arranging and conducting of advertising events
    70. Merchandising (sales promotion)
    71. Arranging, conducting and monitoring of sales and promotional incentive schemes for marketing purposes, included in class 35
    72. Telephone and/or computerised order placement for teleshopping, for others
    73. Business management consultancy
    74. Professional business and organisational consultancy
    75. Personnel management consultancy
    76. Organisational project management in the field of electronic data processing
    77. Representation of business interests of third parties towards political decision makers and other persons
    78. Organization of exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes
    79. Procurement services for others [purchasing goods and services for other businesses]
    80. Advertising in all media, including radio, television, cinema, print, videotext, on-line and teletext advertising
    81. Direct mail advertising
    82. Good and service presentations
    83. Market research
    84. Marketing for third parties in digital networks
    85. Organization and operating of promotions events
    86. Computerized file management
    87. Electronic data processing, for others, namely systemisation of data in computer databases and computerised file management
    88. Compilation of statistics
    89. Organisation of exhibitions, trade shows, and expositions for commercial, business or advertising purposes
    90. Management of the internet community of social media
    91. Subscriptions (arranging of) to books, reviews, newspapers or comic books
    92. Arranging subscriptions to information media
    93. Retailing in relation to software for use in connection with electronic publications, portable electronic devices for transmitting, storing, processing, recording and viewing text, images, audio and video data
    94. Retailing in relation to computers, electronic book readers and audio and video players
    95. Online or catalogue mail order in the fields of electric goods and electronic goods, namely computers, notebook computers, tablet computers, computer hard disks, sound recording and data carriers, digital cameras, digital audio players, wireless communications devices, wireless computer peripheral devices, DVD players, electric connector sockets, electric recording apparatus, electronic apparatus for telephone calls, faxes, emails and other digital data, electronic organisers
    96. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Namely electronic publications, Electronic publications (downloadable), Receivers [audio, image, data], external data storage devices, television receivers, hard disk drive storage devices, hard discs, GPS devices, USB hardware, earphone speakers, interactive television terminal sets, Interfaces for computers, Internet servers, Cameras
    97. Online or catalogue mail order in the fields of electric goods and electronic goods, namely battery chargers, LAN hardware, readers (data processing), readers for electronic books and other electronic publications, local area networks (LANs and WLANs), mouse pads, mouse (computer peripheral), microphones, microprocessors, modems, monitors (computer hardware). MP3 players, downloadable music files, personal digital assistants (PDAs)
    98. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Namely storage devices for data processing units, Memory cards and memory card readers, Control apparatus for network management, keyboards, handheld computers, Telephones, Sound reproduction apparatus
    99. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Namely portable players, portable digital electronic devices for data processing, Information processing, For storing and displaying data, transmitting and receiving data, transmission of data between computers, Apparatus for global positioning systems (GPS), Portable multimedia players, portable telecommunications devices, universal serial bus (USB) drives
    100. Online or catalogue mail order in the fields of electric goods and electronic goods, namely devices for displaying materials published in electronic form, namely books, journals, newspapers, magazines (periodicals), multimedia presentations, video recorders, WLAN hardware
    101. E-commerce for apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images, magnetic data carriers, compact discs, DVDs and other digital recording media, data processing equipment, computers, computer software, in particular bags adapted for computers, screens, user manuals (handbooks) in electronically readable, machine-readable or computer-readable form, downloadable image files, compact discs (read-only memory, audio-video), computer hard disks
    102. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Namely computer programs and software, namely operating system programs, data synchronisation programs and programs for application development tools for personal and hand held computers, recorded computer software for personal information management, database management software
    103. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Including character recognition software, Electronic mail and messaging software, Software for radio paging, Software for mobile phones, Database synchronisation software, computer programs for accessing, browsing and searching online databases
    104. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Namely computer hardware and computer software for the providing of integrated telephone communication via computerised global information networks, Computer housings, Computer peripherals, computer terminal, Data-processing apparatus, Digital televisions, Digital cameras, Digital audio players
    105. Online or catalogue mail order in the fields of electrical goods and electronic goods, namely wireless communication devices, wireless computer peripheral devices, DVD players, electric connector sockets, electric recording apparatus, electronic apparatus for telephone calls, faxes, emails and other digital data, electronic organisers, electronic publications, downloadable electronic publications, receivers [sound, image, data], external data storage devices
    106. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Namely television apparatus, television receivers, hard disk drive storage units, hard discs, GPS devices, USB hardware, Covers for computer disks, earphone speakers, interactive television terminal sets
    107. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Namely interfaces [interface apparatus or programs for computers], internet servers, Cameras, Chargers for electric batteries, LAN [local operating network] hardware, Laptop computers, laptop bags, Readers (data processing equipment), Electronic book readers and other electronic publications, local networks [LANs and WLANs], Mouse pads, Mice (data processing equipment), Microphones, micro processors, Modems
    108. Online or catalogue mail order services in relation to electric goods and electronic goods, Namely monitors [computer hardware], MP3 players, Music files for downloading, Personal Digital Assistant devices, fonts, typefaces, type designs and symbols in the form of recorded data, Computer memories, Memory cards and memory card readers, Control apparatus for network management, Tablet computers, keyboards, handheld computers, Telephone
    109. Online or catalogue mail order in the fields of electrical goods and electronic goods, namely sound reproduction apparatus, portable players, portable digital electronic devices for data processing, information processing, for storing and displaying data, transmitting and receiving data, transferring data between computers, global positioning system (GPS) devices
    110. Online or catalogue mail order in the fields of electrical goods and electronic goods, namely portable media players, portable telecommunications devices, USB drives, devices for displaying materials published in electronic form, namely books, journals, newspapers, periodicals, multimedia presentations, video recorders, WLAN hardware, parts, fittings, components and testing devices for all the aforesaid goods
    111. Arranging, conclusion and settlement of contracts over the purchase and sale of goods
    112. Arranging, conclusion and settlement of contracts regarding the demand of services
    113. Retailing relating to downloadable and non-downloadable electronic publications
    114. Retail services in relation to magazines
    115. Electronic publication of printed material for advertising purposes, in electronic form
    116. Consultancy and information in relation to the aforesaid services, included in this class
    117. Casting [personnel recruitment]
    118. Advertising relating to the creation, development, maintenance and use of websites and of online services.
  • The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
    1. Computer communication services, namely providing online facilities for real-time interaction with other computer users concerning topics of general interest
    2. Providing on-line forums for transmission of messages among computer users concerning topics of general interest
    3. Providing access to computer networks for real-time interaction with other computer users concerning topics of general interest
    4. Chatroom services for social networking
    5. Communication services, namely, transmission of voice, audio, visual images and data by telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, the Internet, information services networks and data networks
    6. Electronic messaging
    7. Electronic data interchange services
    8. Electronic mail and messaging services
    9. Electronic transmission of data, images, messages, documents, and mail
    10. Instant electronic messaging services
    11. Message sending and receiving services
    12. Peer-to-peer network computer services, namely, electronic transmission of audio, video and other data and documents among computers
    13. Providing an on-line forum for discussion of business analytics, marketing, sales, service, and strategy
    14. Providing Internet chat rooms
    15. Providing on-line electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages among computer users concerning business analytics, marketing, sales, service, and strategy
    16. Telecommunications, in particular mobile telephone services, telephone services, fax services, radio communication services, paging services, telex services, telegram services, e-mail data services
    17. Telecommunications via telecommunications networks, in particular mobile phone networks or satellite-supported telecommunications networks
    18. Communications by cellular phones
    19. Mobile telecommunications services, included in class 38
    20. Radio and television broadcasting
    21. Mobile phone television broadcasting
    22. Videoconferencing services
    23. News and information agencies within the framework of press agencies
    24. Transmission of electronic mail
    25. Web messaging
    26. Transmission of messages and images
    27. Electronic transmission of data, messages, images, documents and information relating to topics of general interest
    28. Wireless telecommunications through electronic transmission of data, sound, messages, images, information and documents via the Internet
    29. Providing access to online computer databases
    30. Providing access to electronic publications on the Internet
    31. Wireless telecommunications through electronic transmission of data, sound, messages, images, information and documents via the Internet
    32. Providing access to information on the Internet and on the mobile Internet, in particular access to downloadable files, namely sound, image, music and video recordings, all the aforesaid files in particular for downloading for mobile telephones and other mobile terminals
    33. Transmission of information stored on databases, namely by means of interactive computer systems and/or by providing access to information on the Internet (included in class 38)
    34. Telecommunications services via the Internet, intranets, extranets
    35. Procuring access to databases
    36. Providing access to a global computer network
    37. Providing access to data on computer networks, namely information, texts, drawings and images concerning goods and services
    38. Providing access to data on the Internet and on the mobile Internet, namely information and messages in the form of sound or images
    39. Providing access to software on data networks for Internet access
    40. Providing access to information for entertainment on computer networks
    41. Providing internet chatrooms, Electronic exchange of messages and other information via chatlines, Providing of chat possibilities and internet forums
    42. Telecommunication services provided via Internet platforms and portals
    43. Providing telecommunications channels for teleshopping services
    44. Transmission of electronic mail
    45. Transferring information and data via computer networks and the Internet
    46. Provision of access to online services
    47. Leasing access time to computers
    48. Consultancy services relating to corporate and personal access to and use of the internet
    49. Online provision of information relating to provision of access to online services, to leasing access time to computers
    50. Online providing of information relating to corporate and personal access to and use of the internet.
  • The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
    1. Education
    2. Training
    3. Entertainment services
    4. Sporting and cultural activities
    5. Development, design and production of film, television, multimedia, Internet and radio programmes and transmissions (for educational, instructional and entertainment purposes, and of news broadcasts)
    6. Publication (including in electronic form), in particular of newspapers, periodicals and books (other than for advertising purposes)
    7. Providing online electronic publications, not downloadable
    8. Production and conducting of shows, quizzes, interviews, theatrical, sporting and musical events, and arranging of competitions (education and entertainment)
    9. Film production and sound studio services
    10. Photography
    11. Scriptwriting services
    12. Publishing services, except printing
    13. Rental of motion pictures
    14. Editing of texts
    15. News reporters services
    16. Photographic reporting
    17. Writing and publishing of texts, other than publicity texts
    18. Providing entertainment information
    19. Production of Internet, television and radio programmes
    20. Booking of seats for shows
    21. Awarding of prizes for cultural, sporting and entertainment purposes
    22. Rental of audio, film and projection apparatus, rental of motion pictures, film showings
    23. Music composition services
    24. Arranging and conducting of cultural, entertainment and sporting events
    25. Conducting of musical performances
    26. Conducting of (live) musical performances
    27. Staging of concerts
    28. Arranging and conducting of conferences, congresses, symposiums, seminars and workshops (training)
    29. Training consultancy and further training consultancy and education consultancy
    30. Vocational guidance [education or training advice]
    31. Coaching
    32. Academies [education]
    33. Teaching
    34. Consultancy and information in relation to the aforesaid services, included in this class
    35. Games on the Internet
    36. Ticket agency services [entertainment]
    37. Television entertainment
    38. Film production services
    39. Publication of texts, other than publicity texts
    40. Publication of printed matter in electronic format, including on the Internet (other than for advertising purposes)
    41. Publication of periodicals and books in electronic form, including on the Internet
    42. Entertainment information
    43. Videotape editing
    44. Orchestra services
    45. Game services provided online from a computer network
    46. Online publication of electronic books and periodicals
    47. Arranging and conducting of cultural and/or sports events
    48. Arranging and conducting of conferences
    49. Arranging and conducting of congresses
    50. Arranging and conducting of concerts
    51. Party planning services (entertainment)
    52. Booking of seats for shows
    53. Production of shows
    54. Radio entertainment
    55. Theatre productions
    56. Advance ticket sales for entertainment events
    57. Rental of lighting apparatus for theatrical sets or television studios
    58. Digital image processing (photo processing)
    59. Publication of printed matter
    60. Organisation and conducting of information events in the fields of withdrawal, education, entertainment and sport
    61. Training services relating to health and safety
    62. Vocational education relating to avoidance of health related problems
    63. Provision of educational health and fitness information
    64. Education services relating to health
    65. Health and fitness training
    66. Health and wellness training
    67. Education services relating to health
    68. Instruction courses relating to health
    69. Provision of non-downloadable electronic publications
    70. Providing on-line publications
    71. On-line publishing services
    72. Providing online electronic publications, not downloadable
    73. Publishing of web magazines
    74. Electronic online publication of periodicals and books
    75. Publication of online reviews in the field of entertainment
    76. Providing online electronic publications, not downloadable
    77. Electronic publishing services.
  • The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
    1. Computer software design
    2. Computer hardware and computer software consultancy services
    3. Webpage design services
    4. Consultancy with regard to the creation, development, maintenance and application of webpages
    5. Online providing of information relating to computer networking, information technology and the use of computers, computer hardware and computer software
    6. Online provision of information relating to the creation, development, maintenance and use of websites and of online services
    7. Online providing of information relating to services in the field of website design for the creation, development, maintenance and use of websites and to the technical, engineering, scientific and legal capabilities and requirements relating to computer hardware and software
    8. Online providing of information relating to the design of computer software.
  • The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
    1. Licensing of industrial property rights and copyright
    2. Management of industrial property rights and copyright
    3. Issuing licences for franchising concepts
    4. Copyright management
    5. Intellectual property watching services
    6. Licensing of computer software [legal services]
    7. Allocating and registering of domain names
    8. Legal consultancy for franchising concepts
    9. Film, television and video licensing
    10. Consultancy and information in relation to the aforesaid services, included in this class.