The trademark TT was filed by SC IP Limited, a corporation established under the laws of "JE" (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 6, 2022, and received one opposition filed on July 5, 2022 by Trading Technologies International, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Mewburn Ellis LLP and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 5, 2022
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Application software
Application software relating to and for playing casino games, gambling and betting
Betting terminals
Calculators
Random number generators
Cards bearing magnetic data
Computer and electronic games software
Computer software for playing games
Computer software for digital lotteries and casinos
Computer software for gaming, gambling and betting
Computer lottery games
Computer lottery games downloadable from the Internet
Computer software
Computer software distributed via the Internet
Computer software downloadable from the Internet
Computer software and programs for use on computer networks including the Internet
Computer software platforms for social networking
Computer software to enable uploading, posting, showing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information in the fields of virtual communities, electronic gaming, entertainment, and general interest via the Internet or other communications networks with third parties
Computer software platforms for computer software programs running on, or in connection with, mobile devices
Computer software for the provision and management of on-line games and competitions
Computer software for use on computer networks, including the Internet for gaming, gambling and betting
Computer software relating to and for playing casino games, gambling and betting
Computer programs and application software for use on telephones and handheld mobile devices
Computer programs relating to and for playing casino games, gambling and betting
Data processing equipment and computers
Devices for checking tickets, passes and lottery tickets
Digital video discs
Display equipment and installations for gaming and gambling
Downloadable electronic publications
Downloadable electronic publications featuring gaming, gambling and betting
Electronic cards for use in connection with promotion schemes
Electronic loyalty scheme cards
Electronic number generators for gaming and gambling
Electronic number terminals for gaming and gambling
Electronic publications
Electronic publications and information provided on-line from databases or the Internet (downloadable)
Electronic publications provided by electronic mail
Electronic publications featuring gaming, gambling and betting
Electronic tags
Electro pneumatic and electric machines for detecting winning symbols or winning numbers
Entertainment software
Equipment for apparatus for sorting and counting for gaming and gambling
Games and competitions in downloadable electronic and computer form
Games, gaming, and gambling related software
Holographic images
Indication panels, data and information transmission installations, monitors, control consoles and printers all for gaming and gambling
Information recorded on computer media
Interactive software for gaming and gambling
Interactive games, gaming and gambling software
Internet terminals and terminals for receiving and arranging sports betting
Machines for issuing tickets, lottery tickets and forms
Magnetic, optic and recording data- and sound carriers
Magnetic, optical, electronic and smart cards (cards with integrated circuits)
Magnetically encoded cards
Online games, gaming and gambling related software
Operating terminals for acceptance of betting games
Publications in electronic form supplied online from a computer database or the Internet
Interactive computer software
Software for use with games, entertainment, recreational, amusement, gaming and video game terminals, machines and apparatus
Software for interactive scratch cards and scratch card games
Software and software packages for the registration and operation of betting related to sports including e-sports
Software and hardware for automatic gaming machines and gaming machines
Software for processing bets including through the Internet
Sound and video recordings
Totalisators
Virtual reality games software for gaming and gambling
Voting machines
Wagering systems
Wagering terminals for gaming and gambling
Computer software for use as a cryptocurrency wallet
Computer software for cryptocurrency transfer and payment using distributed ledger technology
Computer application software for smartphones, namely, software to allow users to transfer cryptocurrency based on distributed ledger technology and pay via 3rd party's application software
Computer programs and computer software for electronically trading traditional currency and virtual currency
Computer software, namely, electronic financial platform that accommodates payment and financial transactions
Electronic data files featuring transferrable electronic cash equivalent units having a specified cash value
Downloadable cryptographic keys for receiving and spending cryptocurrency
Downloadable cryptographic keys for receiving and spending crypto assets
Cryptography software
Utility, security and cryptography software
Downloadable computer software for managing cryptocurrency transactions using blockchain technology
Downloadable computer software for blockchain technology
Software for Smart Contracts
Parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods for gaming and gambling.
The mark was filed in class 14 with Coins.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising
Business management
Business administration
Office functions
Auctioneering, including on the Internet
Bookkeeping
Classified advertising services
Collating of data in computer databases
Compilation of statistics
Computerised file managing
Demonstration of goods
Distribution of samples
Loyalty card services
On-line advertising in computer networks
On-line advertising on a computer network
On-line data processing services
Organisation of promotional incentive schemes
Presentation of goods on communication media, for retail purposes
Production of radio, television and cinema advertisements
Retail services in relation to games, apparatus and devices for betting, games, gaming, gambling and wagering
Retail services in relation to software and software packages for the registration and operation of betting related to sports, magnetic, optic and recording data- and sound carriers, data processing equipment and computers and CD-ROMs
Sales promotion [for others]
Retail services connected with the sale of printed publications
Sponsoring in the form of advertising
Systematic ordering of data in computer databases
Business organisation consultancy with regard to providing of betting
Television advertising
Vending machine rental services
Wholesale services in relation to games, gaming and gambling equipment, games and books relating to gambling, and betting materials, devices and equipment
Information concerning the services mentioned before
Services mentioned before through or not through the Internet
Layout design for advertising purposes
Advisory and consultancy services in relation to the aforesaid.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Analysis (Financial -)
Banking
Banking, especially for virtual currencies
Brokerage
Capital investments
Check [cheque] verification
Cash card services
Clearing [financial]
Cash management, namely, facilitating transfers of electronic cash equivalents
Clearing-houses [financial]
Computerised financial services
Consultancy (Financial -)
Credit bureaux
Credit card services
Credit cards (Issuance of -)
Crowdfunding
Crowdinvesting services
Currency dealing
Currency trading
Currency trading and exchange services
Currency exchange rate quotations
Electronic funds transfer, namely, transmission of currency via computer terminals and electronic devices
Electronic funds transfer, namely, transmission of virtual currency and digital currency via electronic communication networks
Electronic transfer of funds
Exchanging money
Factoring
Fiduciary
Financial affairs
Financial clearing
Financial consultancy
Financial evaluation [insurance, banking, real estate]
Financial exchange
Financial exchange services, in particular by means of a virtual currency
Financial information
Financial management
Financial services, namely, providing a virtual currency for use by members of an on-line community via a global computer network
Financial sponsorship
Financial transfers and transactions, and payment services
Financing and funding services
Fiscal assessments
Foreign currency exchange services
Fund investments
Fundraising
Funds transfer (Electronic -)
Information services relating to finance, provided on-line from a computer database or the Internet
Financing services for companies
Insurance underwriting
Investment (Capital -)
Issue of tokens of value
Issuing of travellers' checks [cheques]
Loans [financing]
Management (Financial -)
Monetary affairs
Money (Exchanging -)
Mortgage banking
Mutual funds
On-line real-time currency trading
Provision of prepaid cards and tokens
Provision of means of payment, in particular virtual means of payment
Providing currency exchange services, in particular for virtual currency
Savings banks
Securities brokerage
Stock exchange quotations
Swaps of currency rates
Tokens of value (Issue of -)
Transfer (Electronic funds -)
Travellers' checks [cheques] (Issuing of -)
Deposits of valuables
Valuation services
Virtual currency exchange transaction services for transferable electronic cash equivalent units having a specified cash value
Electronic transmission of currency via computer terminals and electronic devices
Transmission of virtual currency and digital currency via electronic communication networks
Financial exchange of crypto assets
Electronic transfer of crypto assets
Electronic funds transfer provided via blockchain technology
Financial transactions via blockchain
Issue and redemption of tokens of value
Issue of tokens, coupons and vouchers of value.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Providing multiple user access to information and news information over the Internet and other global networks
Peer-to-peer currency exchange services, namely, electronic transmission of financial data via computer terminals and electronic devices
Transmission of financial information by electronic communications networks
Provision of access to Internet websites for the implementation of purchase, sale or exchange actions.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Education (training)
Education in the fields of cryptocurrency, blockchain and online gambling
Entertainment services
Sporting and cultural activities
Entertainment by or relating to games, competitions, quizzes and audience participation events
Amusement arcades
Amusement arcade gaming machine rental services
Amusement parks
Arranging and conducting of contests and competitions, including offline and online by way of a computer database or the Internet
Arranging, organizing, providing, presenting, management and administration of a lottery, of competitions, games, quizzes, fun events and audience participation events, and of gaming and gambling services
Betting
Betting, gaming, games, gambling, book-making, bingo, poker and casino services
Betting and pools services
Betting services for receiving, recording and conducting bets and paying out betting winnings
Betting and bookmaking services provided by means of the internet
Betting offices and sports betting terminals
Betting shop services provided through retail betting shops
Casino, gaming and gambling services
Conducting lotteries
Electronic betting, gambling and gaming services
Entertainment
Entertainment information for tourists
Entertainment services in the nature of on-line gaming and gambling
Entertainment services, namely, providing virtual environments in which users can interact through social games for recreational, leisure or entertainment purposes
Electronic game, quiz and competition services provided by means of the Internet or on-line from a computer network or database
Entertainment in the form of providing an Internet platform for downloading software for electronic games, puzzles, board games, games of skill, gambling games, card games, skill games, electronic games and software for fixed odds betting programs, electronic games and software for spread betting programs, electronic games and software for horse racing betting, instant lotteries and pools, all downloadable from the internet
Entertainment and sporting services provided on-line from a computer database or the Internet
Provison of sports betting offices (gambling)
Gambling, gaming, betting and wagering services
Gambling services provided by means of the internet
Horses (betting on-)
Information services relating to recreation
Information relating to online computer games
Interactive entertainment
Interactive lottery, gambling, gaming, betting and pools services
Internet lottery, gambling, gaming, betting and pools services
Lottery services
Gaming and gambling machine rental services
Lottery, gambling, gaming, betting and pools services
On-line betting, gambling and gaming services
On-line spread betting, gaming, betting, gambling bookmaking and wagering services
Organization, production, presentation and conducting of betting events and forums, competitions, contests, games and quizzes
Organization, production and presentation of television and radio programs
Organization, production and presentation of shows and live performances
Organisation and operation of football pools, lotteries and betting
Organisation and holding of contests and competitions, including on-line by way of a computer database or the Internet
Organising of lotteries
Organisation of television lotteries
Organisation of on-line betting
Organisation of television games and on-line games in the global computer network
Prize draws
Providing interactive multi-player computer games via the Internet and electronic communication networks
Providing temporary use of non-downloadable interactive, multiplayer and single player games
Providing online computer and electronic games by means of a web-based system
Providing a computer game that may be accessed network-wide by network users
Provision of betting and gaming services by means of a computer based system
Provision of non-downloadable internet games
Providing games online, namely, interactive scratch cards and scratch card games by wireless, mobile phone, telephone, television, internet or by remote or network communication
Providing online reviews of computer games, and providing of information relating to computer games
Provision of information on-line via the Internet or from a computer network or database relating to entertainment, lottery, gaming, betting and gambling services
Providing casino facilities (gambling)
Providing casino and gaming services by means of a website and a global computer network
Providing on-line information about casinos, gambling and general news about the gaming industry
Providing on-line computer games
Providing information regarding on-line games
Providing information on-line from a computer database or electronic network, including the Internet, relating to entertainment and sporting events
Provision of information relating to sporting events
Publishing of books
Publication of texts, other than publicity texts
Production of radio and television programmes
Publication of electronic books or periodicals on-line
Providing of on-line electronic publications, not downloadable
Providing services in halls with games machines
Provision of information on-line from a computer database or from the Internet in relation to casinos, gaming, gambling, general news about the gaming industry, bonus schemes related to betting and gaming, betting services, sporting events, amusement, casino, entertainment and betting consultation services
Providing on-line information in the field of computer gaming entertainment
Providing gaming house facilities
Providing computerised, electronic and online databases in the field of sport and entertainment
Providing information relating to sport and entertainment online from a computerised database on the Internet
Provision of information about gambling and games
On-line gaming services
Provision of on-line publications about gambling
Rental of gaming and gambling machines and equipment
Receiving and conducting of betting, in particular sports betting
Provision of gambling services in the field of racing, wagers and betting, games of chance, entertainment, bingo halls, casinos, contests, gaming, gambling, games of chance, electronic games, media games, tournaments for poker and other card games, action skill games and lotteries, including online via a computer database, telecommunications and the Internet
Provision of gambling and betting services managed by a sports bookmaker
Gambling and betting services providing and operating computerized bingo
Spread betting, gaming, betting, gambling, bookmaking and wagering services
Television betting, gambling and gaming services
Telephone betting, gambling and gaming services and offshore betting, gambling and gaming services
Provision of the aforesaid services in electronic or computer form, via the television, radio or other means of broadcasting
Provision of the aforesaid services on-line via the Internet or from a computer network or database
Consultancy, information and advisory services relating to all the aforesaid services.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Industrial analysis and research services
Application service provider (ASP)
Computer services, namely, creating an online community for registered users to participate in competitions, showcase their skills, get feedback from their peers, form virtual communities, and engage in social networking
Application service provider (ASP) featuring software to enable or facilitate the uploading, downloading, streaming, posting, displaying, blogging, linking, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information over communication networks
Computer game design
Creation, hosting, updating and maintaining Internet sites
Design and development of software in the form of services relating to the development and creation of software for use in relation to electronic games electronic puzzles, board games, games of skill, gambling games, card games, skill games, electronic games and software for fixed odds betting programs, electronic games and software for spread betting programs, electronic games and software for horse racing betting, instant lotteries and pools, all downloadable from the internet
Design and development services in relation to gaming and gambling machines, apparatus and accessories
Design and development services in relation to interactive entertainment products
Design of scratch cards and electronic scratch cards and scratch card games
Design services relating to the production of computer games and interactive entertainment products
Design services in relation to interactive games enabling users to buy, sell, and participate in auctions whilst participating in the game
Design of graphics, visuals, virtual and interactive images, and of special effects for games, audiovisual, multimedia productions and for Internet gaming and gambling website pages
Development of computer software applications solutions
Providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for use in connection with interactive, multiplayer and single player games, gaming and gambling
Providing a web hosting platform for use of non-downloadable software in connection with interactive, multiplayer and single player games, gaming and gambling for third parties
Provision of quality assurance services in relation to equipment for gambling in casinos
Software as a service (SAAS) allowing the exchange of cryptocurrency
Software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for clearing, allocation, compliance, recordation and settlement of trading related to bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies
Consultancy, information and advisory services relating to all the aforesaid services
Science and technology services
Technological research
Scientific services and design relating thereto
Technological services and design relating thereto
Scientific research
Software design and development
Cryptomining
Cryptocurrency mining
User authentication services using blockchain technology