The trademark Candyman was filed by Psmtec GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on November 28, 2022, and received one opposition filed on February 27, 2023 by King.com Limited on (a) Likelihood of confusion, (b) Unfair advantage and detriment to distinctiveness or repute. the opponent was represented by NOERR ALICANTE IP, S.L. and proceedings were handled in English, and the oppositon was dismissed by the Euorpean Union Intellectual Property Office with decision issued February 27, 2023
The application was filed in German, and German was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with Hardware and software, exclusively for casino games and amusement arcade games, for gaming machines, slot machines, video lottery gaming machines or gaming via the internet, aforementioned goods only in relation to the following fields: Casinos and Arcades for games of chance.
The mark was filed in class 28 with following description of goods:
Casino games, gaming machines and games machines, in particular for commercial use in casinos and amusement arcades, with or without a prize payout, or prize games via the internet
Slot machines and/or electronic money-based gaming apparatus with or without prizes
Housings for slot machines and gaming machines
Electronic or electrotechnical gaming apparatus, gaming machines and automatic gaming machines, slot machines operated by coins, tokens, banknotes, tickets or by means of electronic, magnetic or biometric storage media, in particular for commercial use in casinos and amusement arcades, with or without a prize payout
Housings for slot machines, gaming apparatus, gaming machines and automatic gaming machines operated by means of coins, tokens, tickets or by means of electronic, magnetic or biometric storage media
Electric, electronic or electromechanical apparatus for bingo games, lotteries or video lottery games and for betting offices, networked or unnetworked
Electropneumatic and electric pulling machines (gaming machines)
Decorations for Christmas trees.
The mark was filed in class 41 with Operating casinos and gaming casinos, betting offices, bingo halls and/or lottery offices and Operating gaming establishments and arcades and/or online Internet casinos and betting platforms..