The trademark application was filed by DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga e.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 5, 2021, and it was registered by office on December 13, 2021 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 27, 2022. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 13, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Scientific, controlling, measuring, signalling, counting, recording, monitoring, checking, switching and regulating equipment and similar apparatus and instruments
Apparatus, instruments and equipment for telecommunications
Optical image viewers with three-dimensional graphic representation
Apparatus for receiving, recording, transmission, processing, transforming, output and reproduction of data, speech, text, signals, sound and images, including multimedia apparatus
Electronic entertainment goods, namely radio and television receivers, sound and/or image recording and reproduction apparatus, including such goods in portable form and for digital image-sound signals
Electronic apparatus for interactive television
Apparatus for receiving and transforming encoded signals (decoders)
Apparatus, including multimedia apparatus, for connecting and controlling audio, video and telecommunications apparatus and computers and printers, including such apparatus with electronic program management and control for interactive television viewing and/or pay TV
Electronic program guides (software)
Operating software and other software for the aforesaid apparatus, instruments and equipment
Data-processing equipment and computers
Buffer memories, computer chips, disks, cables, drives, terminals, printers, keyboards, monitors and other peripherals for computers
Computer game equipment consisting of disk memories
Video games, computer games and other electronic games adapted for use with external screens or monitors
Accessories for computers, video and computer games and similar electronic and electric apparatus, namely Control devices, Adapters, Modules for adding functions and for adding storage capacity
Voice synthesizers, light pens, electronic 3-d spectacles, programmed and non-programmed cassettes, floppy discs, discs and games modules
Boxes for storing cassettes, floppy disks and recording discs
Program recorders, numerical keyboards, floppy disk stations principally comprising floppy disk drives, microprocessors and control electronics
Electronic data processing apparatus, including monitors, input apparatus, output apparatus, printers, terminals and memories, including such apparatus being additional apparatus for a main piece of apparatus
Computer programs on data carriers of all kinds
Electronic data carriers
Video games [computer games] in the form of computer programs recorded on data carriers
Computer and video game cassettes, floppy disks, cartridges, disks and tapes and other programs and databases recorded on machine-readable data carriers, included in class 9
Pre-recorded and blank sound recording carriers, in particular recording discs, compact discs, sound tapes and sound cassettes (compact cassettes)
Recorded and unrecorded image carriers (included in class 9), in particular video cassettes and DVDs
Films, exposed
Photo CDs
Photographic, cinematographic, optical and teaching apparatus and instruments
Pre-recorded magnetic, magnetic optical and optical carriers for sound and/or images
Coded telephone cards
Optical apparatus and instruments, included in class 9, in particular spectacles, glasses and spectacle frames
Spectacle cases
Parts for all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9
Video cassette cases.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, namely towels of paper, table napkins, filter paper, handkerchiefs of paper, paper decorations, writing paper, packaging containers and bags, wrapping paper
Stationery, including writing and drawing implements
Office requisites, namely stamps, stamp pads, stamp inks, letter openers, paper knives, letter trays, document files (stationery), writing pads, hole punches, stapling presses, paper clips and staples, stickers (stationery), including self-adhesive
Unencoded telephone cards
Instructional and teaching material (except apparatus) in the form of printed matter, wall boards and writing implements for wall boards
Photographs, pictures (prints and paintings)
Calendars, transfers (including vinyl transfers), paper and vinyl stickers, stickers (stationery), empty sleeves, designed for sound and image carriers (stationery)
Cut-out figures and decorations of cardboard, postcards and greetings cards, exchange cards, nameplates of paper or cardboard, note books, notice boards, address books, portfolios, desk and stationery folders, foil hole reinforcers, calendars, albums, paperweights, rulers, rubber erasers, bookmarks
Dressmaking patterns and stencils for drawing
Rub-on pictures, giftwrap, gift tags of paper and cardboard
Sleeves and bags of paper and plastic for packaging
Blackboards, adhesives for stationery
Writing implements, in particular ball-point pens and fountain pens, pencil cases, pencil tins, pencil holders, pencil extenders, pencil sharpeners, writing pads, cases and containers for writing implements, note holders and containers, drawing, painting and modelling materials and equipment, paint brushes
Artists' materials, namely crayons, chalk, palettes and canvasses
Typewriters and office requisites (except furniture), dispensing apparatus for adhesive tapes, printers' type, printing blocks
Ink
Painted works of art of paper and cardboard
Paper party decorations
Drawing sets
Paper or plastic materials for packaging, included in class 16
Car accessories, namely decorative strips.
The mark was filed in class 25 with following description of goods:
Clothing, including sportswear and leisurewear
Tracksuits, gym shorts and shirts, football shorts and shirts, tennis shorts and shirts, bathing suits and beachwear, swimming trunks and swimsuits, including bikinis
Corsetry, underwear
Children' s clothing, clothes for newborn babies
Playsuits [clothing]
Shoes, footwear and boots including shoes and boots for sports and leisure
Belts [clothing]
Stockings, tights, socks
Neckties, including ties
Gloves [clothing]
Headgear, including headbands and sweatbands
Gloves for cross-country skiing and cycling.
The mark was filed in class 28 with following description of goods:
Games and playthings (including electronic)
Jigsaw and manipulative puzzles
Masks for disguise for games, hobby and model kits with activity materials for games
Toy figurines of plastic, wood, rubber, porcelain and other materials
Toy cars and toy lorries
Toy hats and costumes
Video game machines (computer gaming equipment), other than adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor
Automatic gaming machines (coin or token-operated)
Inflatable pools (toys) and swim toys, slides, play sandboxes, Stuffed dolls and rag dolls and animals and figurines of textiles, animal skins and other materials (toys)
Dolls and dolls' clothes
Inflatable balloons
Gymnastic and sporting articles and apparatus
Fitness apparatus (included in class 28), skiing, tennis and angling equipment
Tennis rackets and parts therefor, in particular grips, strings, grip bands and lead bands for tennis rackets
Table tennis bats, badminton racquets, squash racquets, cricket bats, golf clubs and hockey sticks
Tennis balls and shuttlecocks
Tables for table tennis
Clubs for gymnastics, sports hoops, nets for sporting purposes, goal post and ball nets
Sports gloves, namely goalkeepers' gloves
Knee, elbow, ankle and shin guards for sports purposes, fitted bags for sports equipment, golf bags, tennis racquet, table tennis bat, badminton racquet, squash racquet, cricket bat and hockey stick bags and covers
Start and finish banners, tapes and awnings for sports events (included in class 28)
Decorations for Christmas trees
Playing cards
Computer game equipment consisting of hand controllers and television games apparatus
Automatic gaming and entertainment machines adapted for use with external screens, including video games and computer games
Accessories, In relation to the following goods: computer, Video and computer games, Similar electronic and electrotechnical apparatus, in particular, Joysticks, Handheld controllers
Instructional and teaching material (except apparatus), in the form of games.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising and marketing
Information in the field of marketing and advertising in oral and written form, including by means of print media and electronic media
Organisational consultancy in the field of marketing and advertising
Statistical evaluations of marketing data
Market research
Market analysis
Advertising research
Opinion polling
Distribution of catalogues, mailing lists and goods for advertising purposes
Radio, television and cinema advertising, public relations, sales promotion (for others), arranging and concluding commercial transactions, for others
Computerized file management
Organisation of trade fairs and exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes
Marketing and rental of advertising time on television
Business and organization consultancy
Advertising, in particular radio, television, cinema, print, videotext and teletext advertising
Advertising marketing, in particular in the aforesaid media and via the aforesaid media
Publication of prospectuses for advertising purposes
Production of promotional films
Rental of advertising films
Production of teleshopping programmes
Telephone order placement for teleshopping
Arranging advertising time in all relevant media
Business management
Business administration
Office functions
Business organization consultancy
Typing
Secretarial services
Business consultancy and advisory services
Professional business consultancy
Management of foreign business interests
Development of advertising concepts, in particular for marketing goods and services via worldwide electronic networks, in particular the Internet and other electronic communications media
Negotiating contracts for the purchase and/or sale of goods and/or providing of services
Electronic commerce providers, anmely Ordering services and invoice management for electronic ordering systems
Dissemination of advertising on an online electronic communications network
Auctioneering on the Internet
Professional business and organisational consultancy for franchising concepts for providing commercial and organisational know-how
Arranging electronic markets on the Internet, including arranging and conducting exchange markets by arranging contracts online, for others, both for the purchasing of goods and the providing of services
Call centre services, namely order acceptance and placement
Telephone answering for unavailable subscribers
Planning services for advertising
Creating and updating of advertising material for advertising space on the Internet, and rental of advertising space on the Internet
Advertising on the Internet (banner exchange)
Talent promotion through organisational consultancy
Compilation of information into computer databases
Professional business consultancy with regard to television advertising
Production of television and radio advertising broadcasts, including associated games show broadcasts
Obtaining fees data (word processing)
Updating data in computer databases
Layout services for Internet advertising
Services of a sports association, namely commercial lobbying for the promotion of professional sport.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Radio and television broadcasts/programmes via wireless and cable networks
Transmitting of film, television, radio, teletext and videotext programmes or broadcasts
Telecommunication services
Press agencies, namely collection, delivery and transmission of news, press reports and market research data (including by electronic means and/or by computer)
Sound, image and data transmission by cable, satellite, computer (networks), telephone and other lines, and any other transmission media
Electronic television broadcasting within the framework of subscription television services (Pay-TV), including video-on-demand, including for others, being a digital platform
Providing access to an information database
Transmission of information via wireless or cable networks
On-line services and transmissions, namely transfer of information and messages including e-mail
Providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services
Broadcasting of teleshopping programmes
Providing access to communications networks with the aid of digital multimedia technology, in particular for Internet access, teleshopping and telebanking, including for use with television screens
Arranging and allocating of user passwords for users of various communication networks
Electronic transmission of data and computer programs on electronic networks, in particular on the Internet and other electronic communications media providing information of all kinds, in particular from the fields of politics, economics, finance, law, social issues, sport, culture, religion, technology, computers, the Internet
Transmission of sound, speech, images and/or data
Telephone communications and services, Communications by cellular phones
Collecting, updating and supplying of data in the context of press agency services for operating databases for conducting teleservices
E-mail data services, fax services, SMS services
Providing access to information stored on databases, including in particular by means of interactive computer systems
Telephone services by means of information, complaints and emergency hotlines
Providing access to, and transmission of, information, texts, drawings and images [telecommunications]
Providing access to information and entertainment programs on the Internet
Production of web-TV programmes, interactive programmes and Internet TV programmes
Electronic transmission of information, including sound, image and data
Electronic transmission of fee data
Providing access to data on the internet
Data transmission services between networked computer systems
Providing access to networks for the transmission of messages, images, text, speech, signals and data.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Production, Reproduction, Projecting, Rental, In relation to the following fields: Motion pictures, Films on videotape, Other television programmes
Demonstration and rental of video and/or audio cassettes, tapes and discs and video games (computer games)
Rental of television receivers and decoders
Educational instruction
Entertainment services
Sporting and cultural activities
Provision of radio and television entertainment services
Organisation and presentation of sports events, shows, quizzes and musical events and organisation of competitions in the fields of entertainment and sports, also for recorded programmes or live broadcasts on radio or television
Organisation of competitions in the fields of training, teaching, entertainment and sports
Arranging and conducting of beauty contests
Talent promotion through the providing of training
Correspondence courses
Publication and edition of books, magazines and other printed matter and associated electronic media, other than for advertising purposes
Organisation of and conducting concert, theatre and entertainment events and sports competitions
Production of film, television, radio, VTX (interactive video text) and videotext programmes or transmissions, radio and television entertainment
Production of films and video films and other image and sound programmes for educational, instructional and entertainment purposes, including for children and young people
Presentation and rental of sound and image recordings on video and/or audio cassettes, tapes and discs
Theatrical performances, music performances
Cultural, artistic, leisure and sporting activities, including the arranging thereof
Arranging and conducting of cultural, entertainment and sporting events and congresses, seminars, lectures and multimedia presentations (for cultural and entertainment purposes)
Publishing (included in class 41)
Production of web-TV programmes, interactive programmes and Internet TV programmes
Leasing of access time to online games on the internet and other electronic media
Sports promotion through training
Advance ticket sales (entertainment)
Ticket and seat reservations and advance sale of tickets for concerts, shows and other entertainment events
Booking and reservation services for cultural and sporting events
Operating facilities for children, young people and adolescents for leisure purposes, in particular in the field of sports
Information on entertainment events and providing of sporting and leisure activities
Rental of sports equipment (included in class 41)
Editing of texts
Sports agency services, namely arranging of sporting activities
Production of radio and television broadcast/programs.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Services for making personal and social contacts
Services of a sports association, namely legal services and representation to social and political decision-makers, and legal lobbying for the promotion of professional sports
Security services for the protection of property and individuals
Chaperoning services (personal body guarding)
Organising and conducting of charity events and campaigns, (included in Class 45)
Granting, providing, leasing and other exploitation (licensing) of rights to films, television and radio productions and other image and sound programmes, and of print media and other printed products, in particular football events, relating to the administration and exploitation (licensing) of copyrights and intellectual property rights, for others
Exploitation of film, television and other ancillary copyright in the field of merchandising
Legal advice and representation
Dispute resolution services
Consultancy relating to management of intellectual property and copyrights
Exploitation (licensing) and administration of television transmission rights, in particular rights to the transmission of sporting events
Arranging, exploitation (licensing) and administration of rights to press, radio, television and film articles for use on sound and image carriers
Arranging, exploitation (licensing) and administration of rights to articles in newspapers and periodicals.