The trademark ringoo was filed by Artur Czekierda, a national of the Republic of Poland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on October 6, 2020, and received one opposition filed on January 5, 2021 by Deutsche Telekom AG on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by HOGAN LOVELLS INTERNATIONAL LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued January 5, 2021
The application was filed in Polish, and Polish 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 following description of goods:
Community software
Downloadable software applications
Communication software
Social software
Application software for social networking services via internet.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Electronic exchange of messages via chat lines, chatrooms and Internet forums
Message sending and receiving services
Providing on-line chat rooms for social networking
Providing on-line chatrooms and electronic bulletin boards for transmission of messages amongst users
Providing internet chatrooms
Transfer of information and data via online services and the Internet
Providing online chatrooms for the transmission of messages, comments and multimedia content among users
On-line services, namely, message sending
Message collection and transmission services.
The mark was filed in class 45 with Online social networking services accessible by means of downloadable mobile applications and Online social networking services..