The trademark DEVOUR TOURS was filed by Hornblower Group, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 21, 2023, and received one opposition filed on June 21, 2023 by DERTOUR Deutschland GmbH on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by Teworte-Vey Simon Schumacher & Partner mbB and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued June 21, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Partial Surrender of the trademark registration was recorded on February 22, 2024.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 39 with following description of goods:
Arranging of transportation for culinary tours, food-tasting tours, and wine-tasting tours
Arranging of excursions, day trips, and sightseeing, all in the nature of culinary guided tours of restaurants, markets, wineries, bars, pubs, specialty food shops, and food and wine tastings
Providing tourist travel information via the Internet regarding culinary tours, food-tasting tours, and wine-tasting tours, restaurants, markets, wineries, bars, pubs, specialty food shops, and food and wine tastings
Travel ticket reservation and booking services for recreational and leisure events, namely, making transportation reservations for culinary tours, food-tasting tours, and wine-tasting tours
All aforementioned services exclusively in connection with excursions, day trips and sightseeing tours that focus exclusively on culinary topics (especially food and wine).
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Conducting guided culinary tours of cities for recreational sightseeing purposes
Arranging culinary excursions, day trips, sightseeing tours, and guided tours of restaurants, markets, wineries, bars, pubs, specialty food shops, and food and wine tastings
Providing guided food and wine tours of restaurants, markets, wineries, bars, pubs, specialty food shops, and food and wine tastings
Conducting guided walking tours of a city, namely, culinary, food and wine tours
Entertainment in the nature of cultural activities and events, namely, conducting guided culinary tours of markets, wineries, restaurants, bars, pubs, specialty food shops, and food tastings
Entertainment in the nature of cultural activities and events, namely, culinary guided tours of neighborhood restaurants, markets, wineries, bars, pubs, specialty food shops, and food and wine tastings
All aforementioned services exclusively in connection with excursions, day trips and sightseeing tours that focus exclusively on culinary topics (especially food and wine).