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EUTM file information

014402788

PHANTOM

July 23, 2015

Trademark Summary

The trademark PHANTOM was filed by Phantom Studios Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on May 11, 2016, and received undefined oppositions.

Opposition Proceedings

There are undefined oppositions were filed:

  • The first opposition filed on August 11, 2016 by IGT, a Nevada Corporation on Likelihood of confusion. the opponent was represented by Herlitz, Armin and its proceedings were handled in English
  • The second opposition filed on August 11, 2016 by The Really Useful Group Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute, (c) Earlier non registered TM & right to prohibit use of later TM under national law. the opponent was represented by BOULT WADE, S.L. and its proceedings were handled in English
  • The third opposition filed on August 9, 2016 by Hearst Holdings, Inc. on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by POTTER CLARKSON LLP and its proceedings were handled in English
  • The fourth opposition filed on July 4, 2016 by Touch Networks, Inc. on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by MITSCHERLICH, PATENT- UND RECHTSANWÄLTE, PARTMBB and its proceedings were handled in English

The application was filed in English, and English was also language of all opposition proceedings (Italian was selected as the second language).

Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on July 26, 2016. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on July 26, 2016. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on January 4, 2021. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 5, 2023.

The Appeal with reference B R1716/2018-2 was Proceedings terminated according to Article 49(1) EUTMR with decision issued on December 1, 2019 by the EUIPO. The Opposition with reference B 002728353 was partially refused EUTMA/IR according to Article 8(1)(a) CTMR with decision issued on July 2, 2018 by the EUIPO.

Goods And Services

  • The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
    1. Downloadable, non-downloadable, interactive and networked software, files and applications for computers, multi-function hand-held computers, electronic personal organizers, e-readers, tablet computers, personal audio players, mobile phones
    2. Magnetic data carriers, audio CDs
    3. Compact discs, DVDs and other digital information carrying mediums, including with recordings
    4. Downloadable, non-downloadable, interactive and networked software, files and applications for computers, multi-function hand-held computers, electronic personal organizers
    5. E-readers, tablet computers, personal audio players
    6. Computer software, including software for or relating to sports, competitions, celebrities, sports figures, tournaments, live events, televised events, performances, exhibitions, documentaries, videos, video compilations, music and music concerts, highlight reels, ticket sales, merchandise sales, business, advertising, marketing, publication relations
    7. Computer software, including software for or relating to education, fan clubs, sports clubs, business administration, business efficiency, business management, staff training, staff support, social networking, database access, product and service recommendations, product sourcing and sales improvement
    8. Downloadable video files and files for playing video
    9. Downloadable digital media and computer files
    10. Downloadable digital animations and moving images
    11. Floppy discs
    12. Hard discs
    13. Teaching apparatus
    14. Downloadable digital media and computer files being text messages, video messages, musical messages and multimedia messages
    15. Downloadable digital educational media
    16. Electronic publications and downloadable electronic publications
    17. Interactive data media
    18. Podcasts
    19. Broadcasting apparatus and equipment
    20. Apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound and/or images
    21. Electronic publications
    22. Communications and telecommunications apparatus
    23. Computers
    24. Multimedia recordings and publications
    25. Personal computer, mobile computer, tablet computer, e-reader and phone applications
    26. Personal computer, mobile computer, tablet computer, e-reader and phone applications for or relating to sports, competitions, celebrities, sports figures, tournaments, live events, televised events, entertainment sports, sports training, stunts, tricks, performances, exhibitions, documentaries, videos, video compilations, music and music concerts, highlight reels, ticket sales, merchandise sales, education, combat, martial arts, extreme sports, fan clubs, sports clubs, sports camps
    27. Contact lenses, spectacles, eyeglasses, sunglasses, eyewear and their frames, cases, chains and lenses
    28. Cases and stands for mobile phones, e-readers, tablet computers, computers, personal audio players, electronic personal organizers
    29. Downloadable ring tones, music, multimedia, audio-visual media, MP3s, graphics, videos, images and information for wireless mobile communication devices
    30. None of the aforementioned products being computer gaming software for gambling purposes
    31. All the aforesaid goods excluding downloadable digital audio and video recordings, CDs, DVDs or other digital information carrying mediums containing multimedia content relating to musicals, theatrical shows, soundtracks of musicals and theatrical shows, film adaptations of musicals and theatrical shows and game adaptations of musicals and theatrical shows
    32. None of the aforesaid goods being related to or being merchandise sold in connection with musicals, theatrical shoes and film or game adaptations thereof.
  • The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
    1. Advertising, marketing, promotional and public relations services
    2. Advertising, promotional, public relations and marketing communications
    3. Corporate communications services
    4. Advertising agency, marketing agency, promotional agency and public relations agency services
    5. Business project management services
    6. Interactive and non interactive marketing
    7. Marketing studies
    8. Online and internet advertising, promotion and marketing services
    9. Internet keyword marketing services
    10. Experimental marketing, promotion and advertising services and campaigns
    11. Immersive and virtual marketing, promotion and advertising services and campaigns
    12. Viral marketing, promotion and advertising services and campaigns
    13. Video marketing, promotion and advertising services and campaigns
    14. Creation of advertising campaigns
    15. Creation of advertisements, commercial sponsorship
    16. Public relations services
    17. Field marketing
    18. Business consulting services
    19. Organisation and exhibitions and trade fairs for commercial and advertising purposes
    20. Marketing, advertising and consultancy services in relation to brand strategies, brand relationships, customer relationship marketing, loyalty marketing and consumer targeting
    21. Segmentation and profiling of market data
    22. Database marketing
    23. Analysis of consumer responses to advertising
    24. Creation and development of retail strategies
    25. Optimising the utilisation of retail floor space
    26. Studies, analysis, statistics, databases relating to business, marketing and marketing information
    27. Advertising and marketing services in relation to data mining, data manipulation, data cleansing, data transformation, data operations and transmission of data
    28. Providing online information relating to advertising and business consultancy services
    29. Talent management and talent agency services
    30. Marketing research services
    31. Retail research services
    32. Trend analysis services
    33. Reprographic services
    34. Advertising services relating to packaging
    35. Public relations services, namely management of news and press coverage and stories
    36. Communications services for public relations services
    37. Creating press releases
    38. Production of video recordings, audiovisual recordings, and digital video and audiovisual recordings for advertising purposes, marketing purposes, publicity purposes, promotional purposes, public relations purposes
    39. Staff consultancy services, staff utilisation planning, staff management and management advice relating to staff
    40. Search engine optimisation
    41. Targeted advertising services
    42. Conducting, organising, holding, arranging business and trade conferences, shows and exhibitions
    43. Corporate identity and brand creation services
    44. Corporate identity and brand development services
    45. Brand creation, development, consultancy and advice
    46. Corporate and brand image creation, development, consultancy and advice
    47. Consultancy, design and advice and information services relating to brands, brand identity and brand development
    48. Provision of information, advisory and consultancy services in relation to the aforementioned services
    49. Strategy services and strategy development related to the aforementioned services.
  • The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
    1. Education, instruction, seminar and training services
    2. Cultural activities
    3. Consumer, customer, staff and employee education, instruction and training
    4. Staff and employee education, instruction and training for sales, management, administration, marketing, advertising, public relations, financial management
    5. Provision of educational information through a database or the internet
    6. Online training, instruction and education services
    7. Professional development services and training
    8. Personal development services and training
    9. Career counselling (training and education advice)
    10. Provision of information, advisory and consultancy services in relation to the aforementioned services
    11. Provision of tests for assessment of learning from education, instruction and training
    12. Analysis of training and instruction efficiency and efficacy
    13. Music, video and film entertainment services
    14. Producing video compilations
    15. Selection and compilation of video and sound recordings
    16. Booking of events and competitions, tickets and seats
    17. Arranging and conducting colloquiums, exhibitions, concerts, entertainment events, conferences, congresses, seminars, symposiums, festivals, fairs, circuses, shows, workshops, fashion shows and contests
    18. Scriptwriting services
    19. Ghost-writing services
    20. News reporter services
    21. Entertainment by way of pre-recorded messages and video messages
    22. Music, video and media recording, recording studio, and production services
    23. Publication and publishing services, including online and over the internet
    24. Cinema presentations
    25. Disc jockey and dj services
    26. Organizing, producing, arranging and curating entertainment, recreational, educational and cultural events
    27. Entertainment services being provision of virtual or online environments within which users can interact for recreational, competition, leisure or entertainment purposes
    28. Entertainment, education and publishing services provided by way of blogs and online forums
    29. Entertainment and education services provided by way of podcasts
    30. Provision of web based programmes for mobile communications devices, being non-downloadable media, multimedia, audio-visual media for entertainment purposes and publications
    31. Entertainment and education services by way of music and media provided through the internet or mobile telephone communication
    32. Entertainment and education services on social networking websites
    33. The provision of on-line electronic publications and digital music (not downloadable) from the Internet
    34. Production, preparation, exhibition of video, audio, audio-visual and radio programmes and of films, animated films, sound and video recordings
    35. Production, preparation, exhibition of live events
    36. Provision of recreational and entertainment facilities
    37. Creation of formats for television and entertainment by music and video
    38. Ideation for concepts of entertainment and educational programs
    39. Digital music (not downloadable) supplied from MP3 websites on the Internet
    40. Fan club services
    41. Providing digital music (not downloadable) from MP3 Internet websites
    42. Booking agencies
    43. Text, image, sound and video editing services
    44. Music, video and photographic composition services
    45. Provision of podcasts
    46. Video recording, taping, editing, production, exhibition
    47. Photographic, film, video, music services
    48. Advisory and consultancy services relating to the aforementioned services
    49. None of the aforementioned services being gambling services
    50. All the aforesaid services excluding entertainment in the nature of musicals, theatrical shows, live performances of soundtracks of musicals and theatrical shows, film adaptations of musicals and theatrical shows and game (interactive entertainment) adaptations of musicals and theatrical shows
    51. All the aforesaid services excluding the creation, direction, production, preparation, exhibition, performance, publishing and distribution of musicals, theatrical shows, live performances of soundtracks of musicals and theatrical shows, film adaptions of musicals and theatrical shows, interactive entertainment adaptations of musicals and theatrical shows and music from musicals and theatrical shows
    52. All the aforesaid services excluding the booking of tickets and seats for theatre and musical shows.
  • The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
    1. Design services
    2. Implementation of design
    3. Design and development of downloadable application software
    4. Design, development, implementation, updating of software and programming
    5. None of the aforementioned services relating to computer game software and computer game hardware
    6. Design services for business
    7. Design services for premises
    8. Exterior design services
    9. Interior design services
    10. Product and packaging design
    11. Graphic design
    12. Website design and development
    13. Social media design and development, none relating to computer game software and computer game hardware
    14. Animation design
    15. Special-effects design
    16. Audio design
    17. Website design services
    18. Provision of websites relating to any of the aforesaid services
    19. Prototypes and roll-out design services
    20. Design of point of sale material
    21. Design of customer information leaflets
    22. Design, drawing and commissioned writing, all for the compilation of webpages
    23. Creating, testing and maintaining websites
    24. Hosting the websites of others
    25. Installing websites, none relating to computer game software and computer game hardware
    26. Graphic design services
    27. Design services relating to brands, brand identity and brand development
    28. Brand design
    29. Design of brand names
    30. Software-as-service services for advertising, marketing, public relations and promotional purposes
    31. Search engine services
    32. Digital coding services
    33. Coding of messages
    34. Provision of downloadable software , none relating to computer game software and computer game hardware
    35. Online provision of web-based applications and software
    36. Consultancy services in relation to data mining, data manipulation, data cleansing, data transformation, data operations and transmission of data
    37. Information, research, evaluation and consultancy services relating to any of the aforesaid.
  • The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
    1. Online social networking services
    2. Development, creation and maintenance of online social networking services
    3. Licensing services
    4. Social introduction and networking services
    5. Intellectual property licensing and management
    6. Fashion and sociological trend information services, including provided from searchable indexes and databases of information, including text, electronic documents, databases, graphics, video and audio visual information, on computer and communication networks
    7. Licensing of computer software and other technology
    8. Provision of information, advisory and consultancy services in relation to the aforesaid services
    9. All the aforesaid services excluding the licensing of rights relating to musicals and theatrical shows.