018523127

PINGOUIN

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July 26, 2021

Trademark Summary

The trademark PINGOUIN was filed by PP Yarns & Co, a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 9, 2021, and received one opposition filed on November 8, 2021 by Penguin Books Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Marks & Clerk LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 8, 2021

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

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Goods And Services

• The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Printed matter, namely, knitting patterns
  2. Adhesives (sticky materials) for stationery or household purposes
  3. Posters
  4. Albums
  5. Brochures
  6. Patterns for sewing
  7. All these products being related to yarn and yarn art.
• The mark was filed in class 22 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Ropes
  2. String
  3. Tents
  4. Tarpaulins
  5. Sails
  6. Padding materials, not of rubber, plastics, paper or cardboard
  7. Raw fibrous textile
  8. Cables, not of metal
  9. Packing [cushioning, stuffing] materials, not of rubber, plastics, paper or cardboard
  10. Textile fibres
  11. Sacks for the transport and storage of materials in bulk
  12. Bags [envelopes, pouches] of textile, for packaging.
• The mark was filed in class 23 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Yarns for textile use
  2. Elastic thread and yarn for textile use
  3. Rubber thread for textile use
  4. Fibreglass thread for textile use
  5. Spun wool
  6. Spun silk.
• The mark was filed in class 24 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Textiles
  2. Bed blankets
  3. Fabrics for textile use
  4. Elastic woven material
  5. Velvet
  6. Bed linen
  7. Linens
  8. Table linen, not of paper
  9. Bath linen, except clothing
  10. Sleeping bags.
• The mark was filed in class 26 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Decorative articles for the hair
  2. Lace trimmings
  3. Embroidery
  4. Ribbons
  5. Buttons
  6. Hooks [haberdashery]
  7. Pins
  8. Needles
  9. Artificial plants, other than Christmas trees
  10. Artificial flowers
  11. Haberdashery [dressmakers' articles], except thread
  12. Lace trimmings
  13. Wigs
  14. Fastenings for clothing
  15. Fastenings for clothing.
• The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Advertising
  2. Business management
  3. Business administration
  4. Office functions
  5. Direct mail advertising
  6. Arranging newspaper subscriptions for others
  7. Arranging subscriptions to telecommunication services for others
  8. Business management and organization consultancy
  9. Book-keeping
  10. Photocopying services
  11. Employment agency services
  12. Business management for freelance service providers
  13. Computerized file management
  14. Traffic optimisation for websites
  15. Organization of exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes
  16. Online advertising on a computer network
  17. Rental of advertising time on communication media
  18. Publication of advertising literature
  19. Rental of advertising space
  20. Dissemination of advertising matter
  21. Consultancy regarding advertising communication strategies
  22. Public relations services
  23. Consultancy regarding public relations communication strategies
  24. Business auditing
  25. Commercial intermediation services.
• The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
  
  1. Telecommunication services
  2. Information about telecommunication
  3. Communications by computer terminals
  4. Communications by fibre optic networks
  5. Radio broadcasting
  6. Communications by telephone
  7. Communications by cellular phones
  8. Providing user access to global computer networks
  9. Providing online forums
  10. Providing access to databases
  11. Electronic bulletin board services [telecommunications services]
  12. Providing telecommunications connections to a global computer network
  13. News agency services
  14. News agency services
  15. Rental of telecommunication equipment
  16. Radio broadcasting
  17. Television broadcasting
  18. Teleconferencing services
  19. Videoconferencing services
  20. Electronic messaging
  21. Rental of access time to global computer networks.