The trademark application VBL OPEN was filed by DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga e.V., a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on April 7, 2020, and it was registered by office on July 15, 2020 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on June 27, 2022. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 13, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Scientific, controlling, measuring, signalling, counting, recording, monitoring, checking, switching and regulating equipment and similar apparatus and instruments
Apparatus, instruments and equipment for telecommunications
Optical image viewers with three-dimensional graphic representation
Apparatus for receiving, recording, transmission, processing, transforming, output and reproduction of data, speech, text, signals, sound and images, including multimedia apparatus
Electronic entertainment goods, namely radio and television receivers, sound and/or image recording and reproduction apparatus, including such goods in portable form and for digital image-sound signals
Electronic apparatus for interactive television
Apparatus for receiving and transforming encoded signals (decoders)
Apparatus, including multimedia apparatus, for connecting and controlling audio, video and telecommunications apparatus and computers and printers, including such apparatus with electronic program management and control for interactive television viewing and/or pay TV
Electronic program guides (software)
Operating software and other software for the aforesaid apparatus, instruments and equipment
Data-processing equipment and computers
Buffer memories, computer chips, disks, cables, drives, terminals, printers, keyboards, monitors and other peripherals for computers
Games software
Computer game equipment consisting of disk memories
Accessories for computers, video and computer games, namely adapters, modules for expanding functions and extending memory capacity
Voice synthesisers, light pens, electronic 3D spectacles, programmed and non-programmed cassettes, floppy disks, disks and games modules
Boxes for storing cassettes, floppy disks and recording discs
Program recorders, Numeric keyboards
Floppy disk stations mainly comprising floppy disk drives, microprocessors and control electronics
Electronic data processing apparatus, including monitors, input apparatus, output apparatus, printers, terminals and memories, including such apparatus being additional apparatus for a main piece of apparatus
Computer programs on data carriers of all kinds
Computer programs [downloadable software]
Downloadable software applications
Electronic data carriers
Video games [computer games] in the form of computer programs recorded on data carriers
Computer and video game cassettes, floppy disks, cartridges, disks and tapes and other programs and databases recorded on machine-readable data carriers, included in class 9
Pre-recorded and blank sound recording carriers, in particular recording discs, compact discs, sound tapes and sound cassettes (compact cassettes)
Downloadable music files
Recorded and unrecorded image carriers (included in class 9), in particular video cassettes and DVDs
Films, exposed
Photo CDs
Photographic, cinematographic, optical and teaching apparatus and instruments
Pre-recorded magnetic, magnetic optical and optical carriers for sound and/or images
Coded telephone cards
Optical apparatus and instruments, included in class 9, in particular spectacles, glasses and spectacle frames
Spectacle cases
Video cassette cases
Headphones
Head guards for sports
Loudspeakers
Speaker enclosures
Bags adapted for laptops
Sleeves for laptops
Mouth guards for sports
Pedometers
Selfie sticks [hand-held monopods]
Smartwatches
Wearable activity trackers
USB flash drives
Parts for all the aforesaid goods, included in class 9.
The mark was filed in class 25 with following description of goods:
Clothing, including sportswear and leisurewear
Gym suits
Gym shorts and shirts, football shorts and shirts, tennis shirts and shorts, bathing suits and beachwear, swimming trunks and swimsuits, including bikinis
Corsetry, underwear
Children' s clothing, clothes for newborn babies
Playsuits [clothing]
Bibs, not of paper
Caps [headwear]
Neck scarves [mufflers]
Shoes, footwear and boots including shoes and boots for sports and leisure
Belts [clothing]
Stockings, tights, socks
Neckties, including ties
Gloves [clothing]
Headgear, including headbands and sweatbands
Gloves for cross-country skiing and cycling.
The mark was filed in class 28 with following description of goods:
Games and playthings (including electronic)
Jigsaw and manipulative puzzles
Masks for disguise for games
Model building sets (games)
Toy figurines of plastic, wood, rubber, porcelain and other materials
Toy cars and toy lorries
Toy hats and costumes
Video games (computer games), except those adapted for use with external screens or monitors only
Automatic gaming machines (coin or token-operated)
Inflatable pools (toys) and swim toys, slides, play sandboxes
Stuffed dolls and rag dolls and animals and figurines of textiles, animal skins and other materials (toys)
Tennis rackets and parts therefor, in particular grips, strings, grip bands and lead bands for tennis rackets
Table tennis bats, badminton racquets, squash racquets, cricket bats, golf clubs and hockey sticks
Tennis balls and shuttlecocks
Tables for table tennis
Clubs for gymnastics, sports hoops, nets for sporting purposes, goal post and ball nets
Sports gloves, namely goalkeepers' gloves
Knee, elbow, ankle and shin guards for sports purposes
Bags adapted for sports equipment, golf bags, bags and covers for tennis racquets, table tennis bats, badminton racquets, squash racquets, cricket bats and hockey sticks
Board games
Video game joysticks
Nets for sports
Controllers for game consoles
Card games
Decorations for Christmas trees
Computer game equipment consisting of hand controllers and television games apparatus
Video, computer and other electronic games apparatus adapted for use with external monitors
Automatic gaming and entertainment machines adapted for use with external screens, including video games and computer games
Accessories for computers, video and computer games, namely joysticks, manual controls, control apparatus.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Advertising and marketing
Information in the field of marketing and advertising in oral and written form, including by means of print media and electronic media
Organisational consultancy in the field of marketing and advertising
Statistical evaluations of marketing data
Marketing studies
Market analysis
Advertising research
Opinion polling
Distribution of catalogues, mailing lists and goods for advertising purposes
Radio, television and cinema advertising
Public relations, sales promotion (for others), arranging and concluding commercial transactions, for others, computerised file management
Organisation of trade fairs and exhibitions for commercial or advertising purposes
Marketing and rental of advertising time on television
Business and organization consultancy
Advertising, in particular radio, television, cinema, print, videotext and teletext advertising
Advertising marketing, in particular in the aforesaid media and via the aforesaid media
Publication of prospectuses for advertising purposes
Production of promotional films
Rental of advertising films
Telephone order placement for teleshopping
Arranging advertising time in all relevant media
Business management
Business administration
Office functions
Business organisation consulting
Typing
Secretarial services
Business consultancy and advisory services
Professional business consulting
Management of business interests, for others
Development of advertising concepts, in particular for marketing goods and services via worldwide electronic networks, in particular the Internet and other electronic communications media
Negotiating contracts for the purchase and/or sale of goods and/or providing of services
Electronic commerce provider services, namely order placement and order delivery service as well as invoice management for electronic ordering systems
Dissemination of advertising on an online electronic communications network
Auctioneering on the Internet
Professional business and organisational consultancy for franchising concepts for providing commercial and organisational know-how
Arranging electronic markets on the Internet, including arranging and conducting exchange markets by arranging contracts online, for others, both for the purchasing of goods and the providing of services
Call centre services, namely order acceptance and placement
Telephone answering for unavailable subscribers
Planning services for advertising
Creating and updating of advertising material for advertising space on the Internet, and rental of advertising space on the Internet
Advertising on the Internet (banner exchange)
Talent promotion through organisational consultancy
Compilation of information into computer databases
Professional business consultancy with regard to television advertising
Production of television and radio advertisements
Obtaining fees data (word processing)
Updating data in computer databases
Layout services for Internet advertising
Services of a sports association, namely commercial lobbying for the promotion of professional sport
Collection and providing of market research data
Gathering and updating of data
Providing business information via a web site
Business management of sports people
Sponsorship search
Rental of advertising space
Rental of advertising time on communication media
Production of teleshopping programmes.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Radio and television broadcasts/programmes via wireless and cable networks
Transmitting of film, television, radio, teletext and videotext programmes or broadcasts
Telecommunications
Press agency services, namely transmitting messages, press reports and market research data (including using electronic means and/or by computer)
Sound, image and data transmission by cable, satellite, computer (networks), telephone and other lines, and any other transmission media
Electronic television broadcasting within the framework of subscription television services (Pay-TV), including video-on-demand, including for others, being a digital platform
Providing access to an information database
Transmission of information via wireless or cable networks
On-line services and transmissions, namely transfer of information and messages including e-mail
Providing telecommunication channels for teleshopping services
Broadcasting of teleshopping programmes
Providing access to communications networks with the aid of digital multimedia technology, in particular for Internet access, teleshopping and telebanking, including for use with television screens
Arranging and allocating of user passwords for users of various communication networks
Electronic transmission of data and computer programs on electronic networks, in particular on the Internet and other electronic communications media providing information of all kinds, in particular from the fields of politics, economics, finance, law, social issues, sport, culture, religion, technology, computers, the Internet
Transmission of sound, speech, images and/or data
Telephone communications and services, Communications by cellular phones
E-mail data services, fax services, SMS services
Providing access to information stored on databases, including in particular by means of interactive computer systems
Telephone services by means of information, complaints and emergency hotlines
Providing access to, and transmission of, information, texts, drawings and images
Providing access to information and entertainment programs on the Internet
Production of web-TV programmes, interactive programmes and Internet TV programmes
Electronic transmission of information, including sound, image and data
Electronic transmission of fee data
Providing access to data on the internet
Data transmission services between networked computer systems
Providing access to networks for the transmission of messages, images, text, speech, signals and data
Leasing of access time to online games on the Internet and other electronic media
Supplying data
Streaming of data
Video-on-demand transmission.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Production, screening and rental of films, video films and other television programmes
Demonstration and rental of video and/or audio cassettes, tapes and discs and video games (computer games)
Rental of television receivers and decoders
Education
Entertainment, sporting and cultural activities
Provision of radio and television entertainment services
Arranging and conducting of sports events, shows, quizzes and musical events and organisation of competitions in the fields of entertainment and sports, also for recorded programmes or live broadcasts on radio or television
Organisation of competitions in the fields of training, teaching, entertainment and sports
Arranging and conducting of beauty contests
Talent promotion through the providing of training
Correspondence courses
Publication and edition of books, magazines and other printed matter and associated electronic media, other than for advertising purposes
Organisation of and conducting concert, theatre and entertainment events and sports competitions
Production of film, television, radio, teletext and videotext programmes or broadcasts
Production of films and video films and other image and sound programmes for educational, instructional and entertainment purposes, including for children and young people
Presentation and rental of sound and image recordings on video and/or audio cassettes, tapes and discs
Theatrical performances, music performances
Cultural, artistic, leisure and sporting activities, including the arranging thereof
Arranging and conducting of cultural, entertainment and sporting events and congresses, seminars, lectures and multimedia presentations (for cultural and entertainment purposes)
Publishing services (included in class 41)
Production of web-TV programmes, interactive programmes and Internet TV programmes, sports promotion through providing of training
Advance ticket sales (entertainment)
Ticket and seat reservations and advance sale of tickets for concerts, shows and other entertainment events and sporting events
Booking and reservation services for cultural and sporting events
Operating facilities for children, young people and adolescents for leisure purposes, in particular in the field of sports
Information on entertainment events and providing of sporting and leisure activities
Rental of sports equipment (included in class 41)
Editing of texts
Sports agency services, namely arranging of sporting activities
Production of radio and television broadcasts/programmes via wireless or cable networks
Arranging and conducting of cultural, entertainment and sporting events for charitable purposes
Production of prize game broadcasts
Gambling
Providing non-downloadable electronic publications from a global computer network or the Internet
Arranging and conducting of congresses and conferences
Gambling
Entertainment services, namely, providing on-line computer, electronic and video games accessible via video game machines, mobile phones, tablets and computers
Online entertainment in the nature of computer game tournaments
Providing a website featuring computer games and video games.
The mark was filed in class 45 with following description of goods:
Services for making personal and social contacts
Services of a sports association, namely legal services and representation to social and political decision-makers, and legal lobbying for the promotion of professional sports
Security services for the protection of property and individuals
Chaperoning services (personal body guarding)
Issuing, arranging and rental, and other exploitation through licensing, of rights to films, television and radio productions and other image and audio programmes, and print media and other publications, in particular relating to football events
Administration and exploitation, through the issuing of licences, of copyright and industrial property rights, for others
Exploitation of film, television and other ancillary copyright in the field of merchandising
Legal advice and representation
Dispute resolution services
Consultancy relating to management of intellectual property and copyrights
Exploitation (licensing) and administration of television transmission rights, in particular rights to the transmission of sporting events
Arranging, exploitation (licensing) and administration of rights to press, radio, television and film articles for use on sound and image carriers
Arranging, exploitation (licensing) and administration of rights to articles in newspapers and periodicals.