The trademark 27 was filed by ARTE FRANCE (société anonyme à directoire et conseil de surveillance), a corporation established under the laws of the French Republic (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 8, 2022, and received one opposition filed on September 8, 2022 by RETI TELEVISIVE ITALIANE SPA on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Sala, Carlo and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 8, 2022
The application was filed in French, and French was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Scientific, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), apparatus and instruments
Coin-operated mechanisms
Computers, tablets and data processing equipment
Sound, image and data carriers of all kinds
Magnetic data carriers, recording discs, compact discs (audio, images), DVDs (audio, images), audio tapes, music and video cassettes, CD-ROMs, DAT tapes
Recorded mechanical, magnetic, magneto-optical, optical and electronic data carriers for sound and/or images and/or data
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunication services
Broadcasting, distribution, transferring and transmission of television, radio, telecommunications and information signals via wireless and/or cable digital and analogue networks, including via online and offline operations in the form of interactive electronic media services, and via computers
Sending of information via telematic means
Telecommunication services
Television broadcasting, Transmission (or broadcasting) of cable television programs, of radio programs, broadcasting, video-texts and the internet as well as teleshopping programs
Providing access to databases
Rental of access time to global computer networks
Sound, image and data transmission by cable, satellite, computer network, telephone and ISDN lines and any other transmission media
Providing access to Internet applications
Providing access to weblogs
Electronic exchange of messages by means of chat lines, online chatrooms and internet forums
Providing Internet chatrooms
Providing access to online games via global computer networks (Internet)
Electronic transmission of data, images, texts and sounds, including for interactive radio services
Telecommunications via interactive speech dialogue systems
Telecommunications services to obtain information from data banks
Broadcasting of television programs using video-on-demand and pay-per-view television services
Press and information agencies.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Teaching
Training
Entertainment services
Sporting and cultural activities
Radio entertainment, Over the internet and Entertainment in the form of television programmes or Television show production
Film production services, Audio production, Production of video recordings and Television show production
Arranging shows, quizzes and musical events
Orchestra services
Providing online electronic publications, not downloadable
Multimedia publishing of electronic publications
Publication of printed matter
Arranging concerts, theatre and entertainment events, conferences, meetings, seminars, courses, symposiums, exhibitions for cultural and educational purposes, and lectures for cultural, entertainment and educational purposes
Teaching, Namely Readings for cultural, entertainment and educational purposes