The trademark SPORTYA was filed by MEDIA PRODUCTION GROUP S.R.L., a corporation established under the laws of Romania (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 10, 2021, and received one opposition filed on June 27, 2021 by SPORT TV PORTUGAL, S.A. on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by J. PEREIRA DA CRUZ, S.A. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 27, 2021
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1676243 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The application was filed in Romanian, and Romanian was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The Opposition with reference B 003149496 was rejected according to Article 8(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on July 9, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Publication of calendars of events
Sports training
Physical training services
Conducting fitness classes
Organisation of sports tuition
Conducting of sports events
Organising of sporting activities and of sporting competitions
Providing will-call ticket services for entertainment, sporting and cultural events
Ticket reservation and booking services for sporting events
Ticket information services for sporting events
Provision of information relating to sporting events
Rental of sports grounds
Rental of stadium facilities
Organization of sports competitions
Physical education
Physical education
Sports coaching
Physical fitness assessment services for training purposes
Providing on-line non-downloadable images
Recreation and training services
Provision of recreational areas
Provision of recreation information
Sporting services
Education, entertainment and sport services
Sporting results services
Providing user rankings for entertainment or cultural purposes.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Software development, programming and implementation
Maintenance of data processing software
Design and development of homepages and websites
Creating and designing website-based indexes of information for others [information technology services]
Authentication services
User authentication services using technology for e-commerce transactions
Providing search engines for obtaining data via communications networks
Platform as a service [PaaS]
Software as a service [SaaS]
Creation of internet web sites
Creating and maintaining computer sites (web sites) for others
Providing search engines for the internet
User authentication services using single sign-on technology for online software applications
Technical data analysis services
Computer services for the analysis of data
Development and testing of computing methods, algorithms and software.