The trademark EMBRACING SOUND EXPERIENCE was filed by ESE, Embracing Sound Experience AB, a corporation established under the laws of the Kingdom of Sweden (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on September 2, 2001, and received one opposition filed on November 6, 2001 by Mastercard International Incorporated on (a) Identity of marks and Goods and Services, (b) Likelihood of confusion, (c) Earlier non registered TM & 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 November 6, 2001
The application was filed in Swedish, and Swedish was also language of all opposition proceedings (English was selected as the second language).
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on May 21, 2011.
of the trademark registration was recorded on May 21, 2011. Appointment and Replacement of representative of the trademark registration was recorded on July 6, 2004. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 22, 2006. 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 September 16, 2007. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on October 12, 2010.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Amplifiers
Loudspeakers
Cabinets for loudspeakers
Horns for loudspeakers
Acoustic couplers
Electric distribution boards
Acoustic conduits
Phonograph records containing music and/or speech with stereo information and/or multichannel data streams downmixable to stereo
Prerecorded tapes and video cassettes containing music and/or speech with stereo information and/or multichannel data streams downmixable to stereo
Prerecorded discs and tapes containing sound, images and movies
Microphones
Compact discs (audio-video)
All the aforesaid goods within the field of stereophonic sound technology and sound reproduction.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Teaching in the field of sound engineering and audio visual teaching
Recording studio services
Rental of sound recordings
Renting of recording and audio equipment
Practical training and demonstration in the field of sound engineering
Arranging and conducting of seminars in the field of sound engineering
All the aforesaid services within the field of stereophonic sound technology and sound reproduction.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Development of new audio products for others
Development of loudspeakers, amplifiers, microphones, acoustic couplers and conduits, and electric distribution boards for others
Consultation within audiotechnics
Engineering services and quality control within the field of sound recording and/or transmitting: all the aforesaid services within the field of stereophonic sound technology and sound reproduction.