The trademark BOOKER T was filed by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 2, 2004, and received one opposition filed on July 13, 2004 by Giant Booker Limited on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute, (d) Earlier non registered TM & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law, (e) Earlier sign & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued July 13, 2004
The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (French was selected as the second language).
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on February 6, 2013.
Licences granted of the trademark registration was recorded on March 4, 2007. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on August 19, 2007. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 4, 2010. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on June 25, 2014. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on December 19, 2019. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on November 15, 2021.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Decorative refrigerator magnets
Video and computer games comprised of tapes, discs, cassettes, cartridges, CD-roms, software programs, cinematographic and television films, namely, motion picture films in the nature of sports entertainment, pre-recorded records, compact discs and video tapes and video cassette tapes and audio cassettes, all in the nature of sports entertainment, interactive video game programs and computer game cartridges
All of the aforesaid goods relating to wrestlers and/or wrestling.
The mark was filed in class 28 with following description of goods:
Toy action figures and accessories
Cases for action figures
Toy vehicles
Board games
Toy spinning tops
Video output game machines featuring wrestling, arcade games related to wrestling, pinball games related to wrestling, hand-held units for playing electronic game
Tabletop action skill games related to wrestling, jigsaw puzzles, kites, toy wrestling rings
Dolls
Puppets, stuffed toy animals
Card games
Toy guitars
Water guns, vinyl pool products for playing, namely pillow back lounge chair, one and two-man inflatable boat, jet skis, rafts, inner tubes and foot pumps
Christmas decorations, costume masks, toy belts, doll furniture, party favors in the nature of crackers and noisemakers
Windup toys, scooters, bowling pins, helmets, knee and elbow pads, walkie talkies, yoyo's, plastic model kits for making toy vehicles, dolls, pool cues, novelty toys, namely, toy tin money banks
Toy gum machines
Toy candy bowl mechanical dispensers, toy stick gum dispensers
Toy gum figure makers, coin-fed amusement gaming machines, paper party lootbags
Paper party favours, namely, paper hats, paper confetti, parts and fittings for all the aforesaid goods
All of the aforesaid goods relating to wrestlers and/or wrestling.
The mark was filed in class 41 with Entertainment services, namely wrestling exhibitions and performances by a professional wrestler and entertainer and providing wrestling news and information via a global computer network..