VIVENDI GAMES
Dead · Cancelled DEAD/REGISTRATION/Cancelled/Invalidated
What this record means
The record shows that “VIVENDI GAMES” is a cancelled Principal Register mark owned by VIVENDI, a société anonyme organized in France, and it is no longer live. The registration covered a broad set of goods and services, most notably games (board, arcade, skill and electronic), software and interactive multimedia, printed guides and manuals for software, and entertainment and education services such as online computer games, music‑show production and cultural exhibitions, all spread across classes 009, 016, 028, 038, 041 and 042. Because the mark’s scope is concentrated on gaming‑related products and related entertainment services, a similar name used for a video‑game title, gaming software, or a gaming‑related website would create the closest record‑based concern, while uses in unrelated fields would be farther from the listed scope. The prosecution history shows an initial descriptiveness refusal in early 2008, followed by a successful amendment that allowed registration on the Principal Register in September 2008; the mark was later cancelled after the international registration it depended on was invalidated, with the last meaningful event recorded on February 24 2017 when the cancellation was processed. No oppositions, cancellations by third parties, or court actions appear in the supplied history. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to use a similar name in the gaming or entertainment arena, because the record still reflects a past claim over those categories.
Informational only - not legal advice.Mark Trademark, Service Mark
| Drawing type | 4 - STANDARD CHARACTER MARK |
| Filing basis | Madrid Protocol (§66(a)). |
| Status | U.S. registration cancelled because International Registration cancelled in whole or in part. |
Key dates
| Application filed | Jul 28, 2006 |
| Published for opposition | Jul 08, 2008 |
| Registered (Principal) | Sep 23, 2008 |
| Status date | Jul 28, 2016 |
Goods & services
Apparatus for recording, inputting, storing, transmitting, distributing, reading, reproducing, processing sound, images and information, namely, memory sticks, hard drives, electronic audio and video recorders, floppy disks, computers, televisions, radio transceivers; data processing apparatus and equipment, namely, data processors; computers; software and recorded computer programs for use as a spreadsheet, word processing, and for use in database management; software for downloading music, sound, images and text; interactive multimedia software featuring games, educational matters, music, movies, cultural presentations and private information; blank sound and image media, namely, CDs and DVDs; pre-recorded sound and image media, namely, magnetic and digital recording media, namely, optical disks, CD-ROMs, video and audio tapes, sound recording disks, digital compact cassettes, minidisks, audio, video and multimedia compact disks, digital versatile disks (DVDs) all featuring games, educational matters, music, movies, cultural presentations and private information; telecommunication apparatus and instruments, namely, telephones, televisions, cameras, computers, computer programs; Telephone apparatus and receivers; telephone sets; Radio telephones; portable, mobile and hands-free telephones; radiotelephony sets; telephone transmitters; projection screens; communications computers; computer programs for transmission and reception of data, sounds and images available on a global telecommunication network for telephones and television receivers; modems; electric cables for telecommunication apparatus and instruments
Printed matter, namely, guides, books, brochures, newspapers, magazines and instruction manuals in the fields of telecommunication, music, entertainment and education; manuals for software for interactive and video games
Games, namely, board games, action skill games, arcade games and dice games; toys, namely, bath toys, mechanical toys, plastic character toys; sporting and gymnastic articles, namely, baseball gloves, baseballs, basketballs, footballs and cricket bats; apparatus for electronic games other than those adapted for use with an external display screen or monitor
Transfer of video games and software by means of telecommunication
Entertainment in the nature of production of music shows, movie premieres and live performances of musical groups for others; educational services, namely, production of informational CD-ROMs and didactic games in the fields of music, movies, sports and culture; organizing cultural exhibitions; radio and television production; entertainment provided on line via local and global networks, namely, providing on-line computer games; providing information on entertainment and cultural activities; publishing of books, of journals, of magazines, of digital video, audio, and multimedia, and of sound and image media featuring music, movies, sports and culture; booking of seats for shows; organization of cultural and educational exhibitions; amusement parks; videotape editing; editing of interactive games for computers, for consoles, for portable terminals and for global computer networks; providing entertainment information on the latest news regarding interactive games for computers, consoles, portable terminals and global computer networks
Design and updating of computer programs and software; computer programming; design, updating and development of multimedia products, namely, of compact disks, of interactive CD-ROMs, of CD-ROMs used in connection with the Internet and of other recording media
Madrid Protocol · §66(a)
| Intl. registration no. | 0924752 |
| Intl. registration date | Jul 28, 2006 |
| Intl. renewal date | Jul 28, 2016 |
| Date of automatic protection | Dec 28, 2008 |
| Notification of designation | Jun 28, 2007 |
| First refusal flag | Yes |
Owner & representation
| Owner | VIVENDI |
| Address | 42, avenue de Friedland, F-75008 PARIS, FRANCE |
| Entity | société anonyme - organized in FRANCE |
| Attorney of record | Mary Margaret L O'Donnell |
| Correspondent | MARY MARGARET L O'DONNELL |
| Attorney email | t********@*****.com |
| Correspondent email | t********@*****.com |
| Correspondent phone | 2********0 |
| Correspondent address | BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MICHIGAN |