The trademark application RTL was filed by RTL Group Markenverwaltungs GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on December 15, 2021, and it was registered by office on March 24, 2022 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 11, 2021. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 3, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Recorded content
Recorded data carriers, Blank data carriers
Data carriers, Featuring audiovisual content
Digital media, namely Downloadable audio and video recordings, Compact discs, DVDs, Optical storage media
High definition digital discs, MP3 files and MP4 files
Audio discs
Talking books
Analogue and digital media featuring audio recordings
Analogue and digital media featuring audio and video recordings
Audio loudspeakers
Databases
Software, recorded and blank
Software for streaming audiovisual and multimedia content via the internet and global communications networks
Software for streaming audiovisual and multimedia content to mobile digital electronic devices
Downloadable podcasts
Software, Especially, in relation to the following fields: advertising services, communication, Conducting marketing and Multimedia games software
Interactive video game programs
Application software
Communication, networking and social networking software
Software for searching, organising and recommending multimedia content
Data and file management and database software
Software for creating and providing user access to searchable databases containing information and data
Office and business applications
Artificial intelligence and machine learning software
Software for monitoring, analysing, controlling and running physical world operations
Software development tools for the creation of software and mobile applications
System and system support software
Firmware and device drivers
Operating systems
Utility, security and cryptography software
Virtual and augmented reality software
Web application and server software
Content management software
E-commerce and e-payment software
Information technology and audio-visual, multimedia and photographic devices
Mobile applications for accessing and streaming audiovisual and multimedia content via the internet and global communications networks
MUSIC RECORDINGS
Electronic publications (non downloadable)
Communications equipment
Computer networking and data communications equipment
Point-to-point communications equipment
Broadcasting equipment
Antennas and aerials as communications apparatus
Data storage devices and media
Replicating apparatus
Photocopiers
Image scanners
Printers
Data processing equipment and accessories (electrical and mechanical)
Calculators
Ticket dispensers
Payment terminals, money dispensing and sorting devices
Coin-operated mechanisms
Computers and computer hardware
Audio/visual and photographic devices
Audio devices and radio receivers
Display devices, television receivers and film and video devices
Analogue and digital devices for playing recorded data
Analogue and digital devices for playing recorded and blank data carriers
Analogue and digital devices for playing data carriers featuring audiovisual content
Analogue and digital devices for playing digital media, namely downloadable recorded audio and video recordings, CDs, DVD's, optical storage discs, high definition digital discs, MP3 files and MP4 files, audio discs, audio books, analogue and digital media featuring audio recordings, analogue and digital media featuring audio and video recordings
Digital media streaming devices
Image capturing and developing devices
Signal cables for IT, AV and telecommunication
Magnets, magnetizers and demagnetizers
Scientific and laboratory devices for treatment using electricity
Apparatus, instruments and cables for electricity
Optical devices, enhancers and correctors
Lasers
Spectacles, Corrective glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses
Safety, security, protection and signalling devices
Diving equipment
Navigation, guidance, tracking, targeting and map making devices
Measuring, detecting, monitoring and controlling devices
Testing and quality control devices
Measuring devices
Time measuring instruments (not including clocks and watches)
Weight measuring instruments
Distance and dimension measuring instruments
Speed measuring instruments
Temperature measuring instruments
Electricity measuring instruments
Controllers and regulators
Data loggers and recorders
Sensors, detectors and monitoring instruments
Apparatus for scientific research and laboratories
Teaching apparatus
Instrumentation simulators
Parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Advertising agencies
Advertising for conducting media campaigns via television, radio and internet platforms via a network
Marketing and promotion services
Multimedia marketing
Publication of publicity texts
Public relations services
Arranging and conducting of casting events for advertising and sales promotion purposes
Market research for marketing purposes
Market research
Media monitoring (market analysis) and advertising research
Opinion polling, The aforesaid services included in class 35
Distribution and demonstration of goods for advertising purposes
Advance ticket sales for advertising events
Product demonstrations and product display services
Trade fair services
Exhibition services
Loyalty, incentive and bonus program services
Distribution of advertising, marketing and promotional material
Advertising, marketing and promotional consultancy, advisory and assistance services
Media consultancy
Media research services for audiences, participation and demographics
Media industry research services in the fields of television programme ratings, statistics and analysis, and trends and developments in new media products for business and advertising purposes
Data collection, measurement, analysis and manipulation in the fields of market research, market intelligence and business intelligence relating to media consumption, demographics and preferences of the media audience and media-related advertising, marketing, promotion and sales
Media audience measurement services, in relation to the following fields: Televisual, video, Internet video, video on-demand, Video and computer games, on-line games, Films, cinema, Internet, Broadband, Mobile audio-video radio, streamed entertainment content, other media consumption
Providing of advertising services, market research, market intelligence, and business intelligence services in the fields of media entertainment, media advertising, measurement and analysis of media audience rating and media audience rating data
Providing of advertising services, market research, market intelligence, and business intelligence services in the media industry fields of television, video, internet video, video-on-demand, video and computer games, online games, film, cinema, internet, broadband, and mobile audio-video radio and streamed entertainment content, and other media consumption
Advertising via databases, Advertising via networks
Consultancy and organisation of the sale and purchase of advertising space and time
Business information regarding press, radio and television content, Business information on content on the Internet
Consultancy relating to advertising campaigns and marketing planning
Arranging and providing and rental of advertising space, advertising time and advertising carriers in all audiovisual media including television, radio and internet
Arranging of advertising space for audiovisual services on demand, provided via the internet
Exhibition services for commercial and advertising purposes
Commercial services and consumer information, namely auctioneering
Rental of vending machines
Referral services and Organising of business contacts
Collective buying
Commercial assessment
Preparation of competitions
Agency business
Import and export services
Negotiation and mediation services
Ordering services
Price comparison services
Procurement services, for others
Subscription services
Business assistance
Business management and administrative services
Office functions for handling slot, online and teletext bookings
Accountancy, book keeping and auditing
Administrative support and data processing services
Data processing, systematisation and management
Computer database and file management
Human resources management and recruitment services
Psychological testing for the selection of employees and personnel selection by means of test results
Business consultancy and advisory services
Business analysis services
Business information services
Market research for business purposes
Retail services, Including computerised online retailing, in relation to the following fields: Recorded data, Prerecorded data carriers, Blank data carriers, Data carriers, Featuring audiovisual content, digital media, namely Downloadable audio and video recordings, Compact discs, DVDs, Optical storage discs, High definition digital discs, mp3 files and MP4 files, audio discs, Audiobooks, Analogue and digital media featuring audio recordings, analogue and digital media featuring audio and video recordings, Audio loudspeakers, Databases, Software, recorded and blank, software for streaming audiovisual and multimedia content via the internet and global communications networks, software for streaming audiovisual and multimedia on mobile digital electronic devices, Downloadable podcasts, Computer programs, Especially, in relation to the following fields: Advertising, Communications, Marketing, multimedia, Game and gaming software, Interactive video game programs, application software, Communication and networking software, Software for social networking, Software for searching, organising and recommending multimedia content, Software for data and file management and for databases, Software for creating and providing user access to searchable databases containing information and data, Office and business application software, Artificial intelligence software and Machine learning software, Software for monitoring, analysing, controlling and running physical world operations, Software development tools for the creation of software and mobile applications, System software, System support software, firmware and Device drivers, Operation systems, Utility, security and cryptography software, Virtual and augmented reality software, Web applications and Server software, Content management software, E-commerce and electronic payment software, Information technology, audiovisual, multimedia and photographic apparatus, Mobile applications for accessing and streaming audiovisual and multimedia content via the internet and global communications networks, music recordings, electronic publications (non-downloadable), Communications equipment, Computer network and data communications apparatus and equipment, Point-to-point communications equipment, Radio apparatus and equipment, Antennas and aerials being communications apparatus, Data storage devices and media, Replicating apparatus, Photocopier machines, Image scanners, printers, Data processing equimpent And accessories (electrical and mechanical), calculators, Ticket dispensers, payment terminals, money dispensing and sorting devices, Coin-operated mechanisms, Computers and computer hardware, Photographic and audiovisual devices, Audio apparatus and Radio tuners, Indicating devices, Television receivers, film and video devices, Analogue and digital devices for playing recorded data, analogue and digital devices for playing data carriers, recorded and blank, analogue and digital devices for playing data carriers featuring audiovisual content, analogue and digital devices for playing digital media, namely downloadable recorded audio and video recordings, CDs, DVDs, optical storage discs, high definition digital discs, MP3 files and MP4 files, audio discs, audio books, analogue and digital media featuring audio recordings, analogue and digital media featuring audio and video recordings, digital media streaming devices, Image capturing and developing devices, IT (computing), AV (audio-video) and telecommunications signal cables, Magnets, Magnetising and demagnetising apparatus, Scientific apparatus and laboratory apparatus for triggering physical reactions using electricity, Apparatus, instruments and cables for electricity, Optical equipment and apparatus, Enhancers and Correctors, Lasers, Spectacles, Corrective glasses, sunglasses and contact lenses, Security, safety, protective and signalling apparatus and equipment, Scuba equipment, Navigation, guidance, tracking, targeting and map-making devices, Measuring, detecting, monitoring and testing apparatus, Testing and quality control apparatus, Measuring devices and apparatus, Chronometric instruments and apparatus (other than clocks and watches), Weight measuring instruments and apparatus, Distance and dimension measuring instruments, Speed measuring instruments and apparatus, Temperature measurement instruments and apparatus, Instruments for measuring electricity, Control and regulating apparatus, Data loggers and Data recorders, Detectors, Detectors, Monitoring instruments and apparatus, Apparatus for scientific research and laboratories, Teaching apparatus, simulators, Parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods
Online retailing featuring entertainment and educational content, namely, subscriptions to films and television shows
Providing of online computer databases featuring business intelligence in the fields of media entertainment, media advertising, media audience rating measurement and analysis and media audience rating data
Information, Advisory and consultancy, endorsement and guidance Relating to the aforesaid.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication services
Broadcasting and transmission of radio and television programmes in analogue and digital form
Broadcasting and transmission of radio and television programmes
Providing of podcasts, audio-on-demand and streaming video-on-demand services
Broadcasting of teleshopping programmes
Computer communication and Internet access
Satellite transmission
Transmission of electronic mail
News agencies
Wire services
Communication of information by computer
Transmission of information via virtual private networks (VPNs)
Mobile communications services
Providing access to databases and information via a global computer network
Data communication services, Via electronic mail
Electronic transmission of images and photographs via a global computer network
Providing private and secure real time electronic communication over a computer network
Multimedia transmissions, transmitting of audio, Video broadcasting, Via the internet, Via other communications networks
Transmission and providing of audiovisual and multimedia content via the internet
Transmission of programmes, data and data collections and apps on the internet and other audiovisual media and for receiving on stationary or mobile terminals and portable devices including mobile telephones
Telecommunications in the field of video on demand (VOD)
Interactive television
Streaming, On the Internet
Providing access to electronic programme guides on data networks
All of the aforesaid services being provided using all available distribution channels, In particular via terrestrial broadcasting, Distribution via cable, distribution via satellite, DSL, digital distribution
Rental of access time to a database server center
Providing access to a global computer network
Consultancy and information in relation to the aforesaid services, included in this class
Leasing and rental of objects in connection with the providing of the aforesaid services, included in this class
Telephone and mobile telephone services
Provision of access to content, websites and portals
Provision and rental of telecommunications facilities and equipment
Information, consultancy, Advice, support and Instruction leaflets Relating to the aforesaid.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Publishing, reporting, and writing of texts
Publication of newspapers, periodicals and books
Teaching
Educational instruction
Teaching
Entertainment and sporting activities
Entertainment services
Provision of on-line entertainment
Sports and fitness services
Organisation of conferences, exhibitions and competitions
Live performance services
Conducting games of chance, Conducting of games of skill
Arranging and presentation of shows, quizzes, music and dancing events
Organisation of competitions in the fields of training, entertainment and sports
Arranging and conducting of cultural, entertainment and sporting events for charitable purposes
Event management
Conducting of classes, Organisation of seminars, Conducting of coaching sessions, for customers, For others
Services in the context of talent promotion, mely, Talent scouting, for others, by conducting seminars, courses, meetings, training and shows, Arranging and conducting casting events, namely arranging and conducting shows for cultural and entertainment purposes, Conducting prize games, Conducting of audio, video and multimedia productions, conducting of photography
Video game services
Design and production of television and radio programmes and games
Design and production of programmes and presentation in media accessible online, in particular on the internet and mobile terminals and digital data carriers
Screening, hiring and rental of motion pictures, video films and other films
Television, radio, satellite and cable entertainment services
Entertainment services for the providing of audio and visual content, being films and television programmes and online recommendations for films and television programmes
Providing of non-downloadable films and television programmes via video-on-demand
Publication of books
Electronic publication of books, periodicals newspapers, and multimedia material online
Online digital publishing
Artistic consultancy relating to the development, design, production and broadcasting of television and radio programmes and databases and presentations and offers on the internet and on other audiovisual media, including mobile terminals
Production services, mely Audio and video production services and digital audio and video production services
Production of television and radio entertainment services
Entertainment services, mely, development, creation, Production, distribution, Post-production services, In relation to the following fields: cinematographic films, Television shows, Special events, multimedia entertainment content
Rental services relating to equipment and facilities for education, entertainment, sports and culture
Library services and rental of media
Rental of sports equipment and facilities
Rental of audio/visual and photographic equipment and facilities
Amusement and theme parks, fairs, zoos and museums
Leisure services, mely Sporting activities, Cultural activities
Translation and interpretation
Dubbing
Ticket reservation and booking services for education, entertainment and sports activities and events
Providing a subscription based website featuring non-downloadable music, films, television programmes, videos and information relating to music, albums, artists and songs.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific consultancy services, Research, in relation to the following fields: Promotional campaigns, Media planning
IT services, namely development, programming and implementation of software
Development of database software [programming] for providing information on the internet and on other audiovisual media
Creating home pages and websites on the Internet and other audiovisual media
Computer programming
Implementation and configuration of software, namely individual intranet, extranet and Internet solutions, included in class 42
Creation of computer network based indices of information, websites and resources
Technical development of electronic viewing guides (software)
Technical IT consultancy and information services
Technical consultancy relating to the development, design, production and broadcasting of television and radio programmes and databases and presentations and offers on the internet and on other audiovisual media, including mobile terminals
Technical consultancy relating to using programs for data processing including the providing of temporary use of non-downloadable computer software
Technical consultancy, in relation to the following fields: Telecommunications, internet, Extranet sites, intranets, Computer software design, Especially, Counselling, in relation to the following fields: Design, Implementation, configuration services, in relation to the following fields: hardware, Software, EDP networks, Being a service
Testing and quality control services, Namely updating of websites, for others, Monitoring of computer systems by remote access
Computer hardware development
Hosting of computer sites (websites)
Hosting of digital content on the Internet
Computer service, Namely service providers for cloud hosting
Software as a service (SaaS) and rental of software
Providing search engines for the internet
Rental of computer hardware and facilities
IT security, protection and restoration
Data duplication
Data conversion, data coding services
Design services
Architectural services
Scenery services
Services in connection with television studio and stage design and film set design.