The trademark ARC ACADEMY was filed by Arc Academy OOD, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of Bulgaria (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on January 27, 2020, and received one opposition filed on May 11, 2020 by INSTITUCION FERIAL DE MADRID IFEMA on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by PONS IP, S.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued May 11, 2020
The application was filed in Bulgarian, and Bulgarian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Business management of sports people
Public relations services
Business investigations
Consultancy regarding advertising communication strategies
Corporate communications services
Marketing
Personnel recruitment
All relating to e-sports and video game training and none of the aforesaid services being related to entertainment systems (other than e-sports and video game training) and/or communication systems, navigation, aviation, land vehicles, seagoing vessels or offshore platforms or in-flight advertising / promotional services.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Academies [education]
Publication of books
Education information
Microfilming
Tuition
Educational services provided by a school
Providing of training
Arranging and conducting of conferences
Workshops (Arranging and conducting of -) [training]
Arranging and conducting of in-person educational forums
Organization of exhibitions for cultural or educational purposes
Organisation of e-sports competitions (education or entertainment)
Organization of cosplay entertainment events
Organisation of e-sports competitions
Videogaming practical training [demonstration]
Videogaming know-how transfer [training]
Providing on-line videos, not downloadable
Videogaming and e-sports teaching
Educational examination
Vocational guidance [education or training advice]
Vocational retraining
Coaching [training]
Game services provided online from a computer network.