The trademark NIGHTKILLER was filed by Toufic Hafez El Riz, a national of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 3, 2022, and received one opposition filed on November 3, 2022 by Brasserie Mynsbrughen et de Silly, en abrégé "Brasserie de Silly" (Sociéte Anonyme) on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by THALES and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued November 3, 2022
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on March 28, 2023.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 3 with following description of goods:
Toiletries
Essential oils and aromatic extracts
Abrasives
Cleaning and fragrancing preparations.
The mark was filed in class 4 with following description of goods:
Charcoal for hookahs and/or shishas
Fuels and illuminants
Electrical energy.
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Computers, computer programs (recorded)
Software
Computer programs and software (downloadable)
Computer programs, in particular computer, video, online and browser games, and games programs for mobile telephones
Spectacles, spectacle frames, sunglasses, correction spectacles, lenses for the aforesaid spectacles, contact lenses, packaging for the aforesaid goods, namely spectacle cases and contact lens containers
Parts and fittings included in class 9 for all the aforesaid goods.
The mark was filed in class 12 with Vehicles and conveyances and Parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class..
The mark was filed in class 14 with following description of goods:
Pearls and precious metals, and imitations thereof
Jewellery
Time instruments
Other articles of precious metals and precious stones, and imitations thereof, Namely statues and figurines made from precious metals or semi-precious metals or stones or imitations thereof, or coated therewith
Ornaments, made of or coated with precious or semi-precious metals or stones, or imitations thereof, Coins and tokens, works of art of precious metal
Key rings and key chains, and charms therefor
Jewellery boxes and watch boxes
Parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class.
The mark was filed in class 25 with following description of goods:
Clothing
Headgear
Footwear
Parts of clothing, footwear and headgear.
The mark was filed in class 28 with following description of goods:
Sporting articles and equipment
Festive decorations, party novelties and artificial Christmas trees
Toys, games and playthings, and novelties for parties, dances (party favours)
Parts and accessories for all the aforesaid goods, included in this class.
The mark was filed in class 29 with following description of goods:
Meat
Fish, seafood and molluscs, not live
Dairy products and dairy substitutes
Birds eggs and egg products
Edible oils and fats
Processed fruits, fungi and vegetables (including nuts and pulses)
Soups and stocks, meat extracts
Sausage casings, natural or artificial
Prepared insects and larvae.
The mark was filed in class 30 with following description of goods:
Prepared meals and savoury snacks, in particular snacks based on corn, cereals, flour and sesame, biscuits and crackers, dumplings, pancakes, pasta, rice and cereal foodstuffs, pastes and farinaceous foods, sandwiches and pizzas, spring rolls and seaweed rolls, steamed buns, tortilla foodstuffs
Salts, seasonings, flavourings and condiments
Chocolate
Bakery goods
Confectionery
Desserts
Sugars, natural sweeteners, sweet coatings and fillings, bee products
Ice, ice creams, frozen yogurts and sorbets
Coffee, teas and cocoa and substitutes therefor
Processed grains, starches, and goods made thereof, baking preparations and yeasts
Sweets (candy), candy bars and chewing gum
Flavoured popcorn
Sweetmeats [candy] being flavoured with fruit
Starch-based candies (ame)
Sweetmeat made of sesame oil
Red ginseng candy
Candy with cocoa
Mints for breath freshening
Sherbets [confectionery]
Bubble gum
Cachou [confectionery], other than for pharmaceutical purposes
Lollipops
Dragees [non-medicated confectionery]
Clear gums [confectionery]
Ice confectionery in the form of lollipops
Fruit drops [confectionery]
Fruit gums [other than for medical use]
Sweetmeats [candy] containing fruit
Boiled sugar sweetmeats
Filled sweetmeats
Filled chocolate
Filled chocolate bars
Boiled sweets
Jelly beans.
The mark was filed in class 32 with following description of goods:
Non-alcoholic drinks enriched with vitamins and mineral salts
Whey beverages
Mung bean beverages
Non-alcoholic malt free beverages [other than for medical use]
Orange barley water
Protein-enriched sports beverages
Protein drinks
Ramune (Japanese soda pops)
Rice-based beverages, other than milk substitutes
Sarsaparilla [non-alcoholic beverage]
Smoothies
Sherbets [beverages]
Sorbets in the nature of beverages
Sports drinks
Sports drinks containing electrolytes
Part frozen slush drinks
Frozen fruit-based beverages
Frozen carbonated beverages
Beverages containing vitamins
Lemon barley water
Soya-based beverages, other than milk substitutes
Non-alcoholic fruit extracts
Non-alcoholic fruit juice beverages
Fruit nectars, non-alcoholic
Non-alcoholic vegetable juice drinks
Non-alcoholic grape juice beverages
Aloe vera juices
Aloe juice beverages
Pineapple juice beverages
Apple juice beverages
Beverages consisting of a blend of fruit and vegetable juices
Organic fruit juice
Cranberry juice
Condensed smoked plum juice
Iced fruit beverages
Fruit drinks
Fruit juice beverages
Fruit juice concentrates
Fruit squashes
Vegetable smoothies
Vegetable juices [beverages]
Vegetable drinks
Fruit-based beverages
Coconut-based beverages
Fruit-flavoured beverages
Orange juice drinks
Orange juice
Orange squash
Red ginseng juice beverages
Blackcurrant juice
Mixed fruit juice
Tomato juice [beverage]
Grape juice beverages
Grape juice
Must
Beverages consisting principally of fruit juices
Watermelon juice
Lemon squash
Flavoured waters
Flavoured mineral water
Distilled drinking water
Preparations for making aerated water
Functional water-based beverages
Purified drinking water
Water-based beverages containing tea extracts
Glacial water
Bottled drinking water
Aerated water
Carbonated mineral water
Aerated water [soda water]
Coconut water as a beverage
Lithia water
Mineral water [beverages]
Mineral and aerated waters
Mineral enriched water [beverages]
Nutritionally fortified water
Mineral water (Non-medicated -)
Spring water
Seltzer water
Soda water
Still water
Table waters
Drinking water
Drinking water with vitamins
Waters [beverages]
Fruit flavoured waters
Non-alcoholic fruit extracts used in the preparation of beverages
Cordials
Powders for effervescing beverages
Pastilles for effervescing beverages
Essences for making beverages
Essences for making flavoured mineral water [not in the nature of essential oils]
Extracts of unfermented must
Extracts for making beverages
Blackcurrant cordial
Hop extracts for use in the preparation of beverages
Unfermented preserved must
Concentrates for use in the preparation of soft drinks
Concentrates for making fruit drinks
Lime juice cordial
Lime juice for use in the preparation of beverages
Syrups for lemonade
Malt syrup for beverages
Malt wort
Orgeat
Mixes for making sorbet beverages
Nonalcoholic essences for making beverages
Powders used in the preparation of coconut water drinks
Powders for making soft drinks
Syrups for making soft drinks
Syrups for beverages
Syrups for making beverages
Syrups for making whey-based beverages
Syrups for making fruit-flavored drinks
Syrups for making flavoured mineral waters
Syrups for making non-alcoholic beverages
Syrups and other non-alcoholic preparations for making beverages
Squashes [non-alcoholic beverages]
Grape must, unfermented
Dilutable preparations for making beverages
Lemon juice for use in the preparation of beverages
Kvass [non-alcoholic beverage]
All these goods excluding beer and beer-based products.
The mark was filed in class 34 with following description of goods:
Hookahs
Hookahs
Shishas
Electronic hookahs
Flavourings for tobacco
Flavourings, other than essential oils, for tobacco
Ashtrays
Ashtrays of precious metal
Ashtrays for smokers made of non-precious metals
Humidifiers for tobacco
Tobacco containers and humidors
Tobacco pouches
Electronic cigarettes
Lighters of precious metal
Lighters for smokers
Gas containers for cigar lighters
Herbs for smoking
Articles for use with tobacco
Smoking tobacco
Snuff
Match holders
Matches
Tobacco
Tobacco tins
Tobacco pouches
Tobacco jars
Tobacco substitutes
Pocket machines for rolling cigarettes
Pocket lighters not of precious metal
Personal vaporisers and electronic cigarettes, and flavourings and solutions therefor
Oral vaporizers for smokers
Hookah tobacco
Cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos and other ready-for-use smoking articles
Leaf tobacco
Tobacco products
Tobacco and tobacco substitutes
Tobacco and tobacco products (including substitutes)
Smokeless tobacco
Flavored tobacco
Manufactured tobacco
Raw tobacco
Snuff with tobacco
Snus with tobacco
Japanese shredded tobacco (kizami tobacco)
Tobacco pouches
Roll-your-own tobacco
Snuff without tobacco
Snus without tobacco
Spittoons for tobacco users
Tobacco products for the purpose of being heated
Cigarettes containing tobacco substitutes
Absorbent paper for tobacco
Asian long tobacco pipes (kiseru)
Roll-your-own tobacco
Devices for heating tobacco for the purpose of inhalation
Tea for smoking as a tobacco substitute
Tobacco substitutes not for medical purposes
Devices for heating tobacco substitutes for the purpose of inhalation
Tobacco tar for use in electronic cigarettes
Tobacco free cigarettes, other than for medical purposes
Mu'assel
Flavorings, other than essential oils, for tobacco substitutes
Hand held machines for injecting tobacco into paper tubes
Devices for extinguishing cigarettes and heated tobacco sticks
Cigarettes containing tobacco substitutes, not for medical purposes
Cigars for use as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes
Inhalers for use as an alternative to tobacco cigarettes
Loose, rolling and pipe tobacco
Tobacco free oral nicotine pouches [not for medical use].
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising, marketing and promotional services
Commercial trading and consumer information services, Namely of Retail and wholesale services in relation to: Foodstuffs, Alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages, Clothing, Jewellery, toys, Vehicles, Computer software, Cosmetics, Smokers' articles, Tobacco and tobacco substitutes, electronic cigarettes
Auctioneering, rental of automatic vending machines, brokerage, organising business contacts, collective buying, commercial evaluation, preparation of competitions, agency business, import and export agencies, negotiation and brokerage, ordering, price comparison, procurement services, for others, subscription services
Business assistance, management and administrative services
Business analysis, research and information services
Rental of objects in connection with the providing of the aforesaid services, included in this class
Consultancy and information in relation to the aforesaid services, included in this class.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication services
Provision and rental of telecommunications facilities and equipment
Rental of objects in connection with the providing of the aforesaid services, included in this class
Consultancy and information in relation to the aforesaid services, included in this class.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Publishing and reporting
Education, entertainment and sports
Translation and interpretation
Rental of objects in connection with the providing of the aforesaid services, included in this class
Consultancy and information in relation to the aforesaid services, included in this class
Games on the Internet
Entertainment, in particular in the form of computer, video, online and browser games, games programs for mobile telephones, and in the form of information, portals and platforms on the Internet
Provision of on-line computer games.
The mark was filed in class 43 with following description of goods:
Providing of food and drink and temporary accommodation
Bar services
Bars
Hookah lounge services
Bar services
Cocktail lounge services
Self-service cafeterias
Café services
Cocktail lounge services
Tea rooms
Wine bar services
Cafeteria services
Cafeterias
Food and drink catering
Cocktail lounge services
Cocktail lounge services
Tea rooms
Services for providing food and drink and accommodation in pubs with the offer of mobile catering