The trademark SPLASH NEWS was filed by Shutterstock, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on June 4, 2023, and received one opposition filed on September 4, 2023 by Goodlive GmbH on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by GRÜNECKER and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued September 4, 2023
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with Videos on the subject of celebrity and non-celebrity human interest news and musical video recordings and Software to enable uploading, posting, showing, displaying, tagging, blogging, sharing or otherwise providing electronic media or information over the Internet and other communications networks..
The mark was filed in class 16 with Photographs.
The mark was filed in class 38 with Audio and video broadcasting services over the Internet and other communications network, namely, showing, displaying, and electronically transmitting audio and video clips and Providing access to the internet for the purposes of finding information, audio and video content, and buying and selling of goods and services..