Information on the international trade mark designating DE and EU

Registration number: 982619 (Protection allotted, Query started: May 5, 2025)

Please note: This English version is a non-binding translation of the German register excerpt. Only the German version of the register excerpt is legally binding.

Please note: For information on the current legal status of international trade mark registrations designating EU please consult the Madrid Monitor database of the organisation that keeps the register or the eSearch plus information system of the designated office.

The classes of goods shown in the master data and the goods/services contain the data indicated in the application.

Summary
INIDCriterionFieldContent
Data fileDBIR
Data poolBAProtection allotted
550Type of markMFWord/figurative mark
Information of the DPMA on the German part of the international registration of the mark
INIDCriterionFieldContent
Data pool DE Protection allotted
Status of file Protection allotted
540Reproduction of the markMDShow enlarged reproduction of the trade mark 982619 (W)
510Currently valid goods/services of the German part of the international registrationWDVClass(es) 09: Software for downloading, transmitting, receiving, providing, publishing, extracting, encoding, decoding, reading, storing and organizing audiovisual, videographic, and written data, all in conjunction with a global computer network; blank multimedia products for containing or transmitting audiovisual, videographic, and written data and content, namely, DVDs, CDs, and optical or electromagnetic storage devices, namely, hard drives; pre-recorded multimedia products, namely, DVDs, CDs, and optical or electromagnetic storage devices, namely, hard drives, containing audiovisual, videographic, and written data and content in the nature of a general encyclopedia and related information.
Class(es) 35: Advertising; business management; business administration; subscription services in the nature of providing information through online websites in the field of general encyclopedic knowledge to third parties for a subscription fee; dissemination of advertising material, namely, tracts, prospectuses, printed matter, and samples; document reproduction; computer file management.
Class(es) 38: Electronic transmission of data and documents via the Internet and other databases; electronic transmission of audiovisual, videographic or written files disseminated and downloadable via electronic communication networks; providing information on telecommunications; mobile radiotelephony services; providing multiple-user access to a global computer network; telecommunication services, namely, providing online electronic bulletin boards and messaging services for transmission of messages among computer users concerning encyclopedia article entries and the administration of an encyclopedia project; audio and video teleconferencing services; electronic mail.
Class(es) 41: Providing information in the field of general encyclopedic knowledge; education services, namely, providing of training, namely, courses and seminars in the use of software and multimedia products, and in the editing of and collaboration on articles; educational services, namely, conferences, workshops, and seminars concerning the administration of an encyclopedia project and the use and administration of encyclopedia article entries; providing information on educational or entertainment events; publication of books; production of motion pictures; arranging and conducting of colloquia, conferences, and conventions in the fields of software and multimedia product use and in the editing of and collaboration on articles; electronic publishing of on-line books and periodicals; desktop publishing for others.
Class(es) 42: Software design and development; development and updating of software; computer programming; conversion of computer data and programs; conversion of documents from a physical to an electronic medium.
511Currently valid classes of the German part of the international registrationKL09, 35, 38, 41, 42
Start of grace period for use - Opposition filed up to January 13, 2019 Feb 22, 2013
151Date of registration in the international registerAT/ETAug 8, 2012
450Date of publication of the registrationVTOct 4, 2012
551Kind of markMKIndividual mark
550Type of markMFWord/figurative mark
Start of opposition periodBWTNov 1, 2012
Data of EUIPO
INIDCriterionFieldContent
Data pool EU Protection allotted
220Application date EUATAug 8, 2012
151Date of registration EUETJul 30, 2013
450Publication date EUVTOct 4, 2012
Data from WIPO's international register (no responsibility taken)
INIDCriterionFieldContent
540Reproduction of the markMDShow enlarged reproduction of the trade mark 982619 (W)
Registration office WO
Receiving office US
Application number 982619
180Expected expiration dateVEDOct 20, 2028
270Language EN
Mark verbal element significant indicator Yes
591Mark image colour claimed textFADark gray, light gray, black and white.
732ProprietorINHWikimedia Foundation, Inc., One Sansome Street, Suite 1895 San Francisco CA 94104, US
740RepresentativeVTRCarrie L. Kiedrowski, Esq., Jones Day, 250 Vesey Street, New York, New York 10281, US
International registration duration 10
540Verbal elementsMDW
531Class(es) of figurative elementsWBK21.01, 21.01.14, 29.01, 29.01.12
571Description of markBMThe mark consists of a sphere, comprised of interlocking puzzle pieces, with several of the pieces at the top of the sphere missing; each puzzle piece contains one letter; these letters include the letter "W" as well as letters from various foreign-language alphabets; the color of the sphere ranges from nearly white on its left-hand side to medium-dark gray on its right-hand side; the inside of the sphere which is revealed by the missing puzzle pieces) is dark gray; the letters on each puzzle piece are black.
IR Mark FeatureIRMFFigurative
551Kind of mark of International trade markIRMKIndividual mark
Mark image colour indicator Yes
Mark image colour part claimed text  The mark consists of a sphere, comprised of interlocking puzzle pieces, with several of the pieces at the top of the sphere missing; each puzzle piece contains one letter; these letters include the letter "W" as well as letters from various foreign-language alphabets; the color of the sphere ranges from nearly white on its left-hand side to medium-dark gray on its right-hand side; the inside of the sphere (which is revealed by the missing puzzle pieces) is dark gray; the letters on each puzzle piece are black.
511Goods/services detailsWDVClassification version: 9

Class(es) 09: Software for downloading, transmitting, receiving, providing, publishing, extracting, encoding, decoding, reading, storing and organizing audiovisual, videographic, and written data, all in conjunction with a global computer network; blank multimedia products for containing or transmitting audiovisual, videographic, and written data and content, namely, DVDs, CDs, and optical or electromagnetic storage devices, namely, hard drives; pre-recorded multimedia products, namely, DVDs, CDs, and optical or electromagnetic storage devices, namely, hard drives, containing audiovisual, videographic, and written data and content in the nature of a general encyclopedia and related information.
Class(es) 35: Advertising; business management; business administration; subscription services in the nature of providing information through online websites in the field of general encyclopedic knowledge to third parties for a subscription fee; dissemination of advertising material, namely, tracts, prospectuses, printed matter, and samples; document reproduction; computer file management.
Class(es) 38: Electronic transmission of data and documents via the Internet and other databases; electronic transmission of audiovisual, videographic or written files disseminated and downloadable via electronic communication networks; providing information on telecommunications; mobile radiotelephony services; providing multiple-user access to a global computer network; telecommunication services, namely, providing online electronic bulletin boards and messaging services for transmission of messages among computer users concerning encyclopedia article entries and the administration of an encyclopedia project; audio and video teleconferencing services; electronic mail.
Class(es) 41: Providing information in the field of general encyclopedic knowledge; education services, namely, providing of training, namely, courses and seminars in the use of software and multimedia products, and in the editing of and collaboration on articles; educational services, namely, conferences, workshops, and seminars concerning the administration of an encyclopedia project and the use and administration of encyclopedia article entries; providing information on educational or entertainment events; publication of books; production of motion pictures; arranging and conducting of colloquia, conferences, and conventions in the fields of software and multimedia product use and in the editing of and collaboration on articles; electronic publishing of on-line books and periodicals; desktop publishing for others.
Class(es) 42: Software design and development; development and updating of software; computer programming; conversion of computer data and programs; conversion of documents from a physical to an electronic medium.
511Class(es)KL09, 35, 38, 41, 42
821Basic application

Basic application date: May 23, 2008
Basic application number: 77482839
821Basic application

Basic application date: May 23, 2008
Basic application number: 77978442
832Designation(s) under the Madrid Protocol AG, AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BG, BH, BQ, BT, BW, BX, BY, CH, CN, CU, CW, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, EG, EM, ES, FI, FR, GB, GE, GH, GR, HR, HU, IE, IL, IS, IT, JP, KE, KG, KR, KZ, LI, LR, LS, LT, LV, MA, MC, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MZ, NA, NO, OM, PL, PT, RO, RS, RU, SD, SE, SG, SI, SK, SL, SM, ST, SX, SY, SZ, TJ, TM, TR, UA, UZ, VN, ZM
527Indications regarding use requirements GB, IE, MZ, SG
Date of the first transfer into DPMAregisterEREGTFeb 22, 2013
Date of the (most recent) update in DPMAregisterREGTMay 1, 2025
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  • May 1, 2025
    • Mark image colour claimed text: changed
    • Description of mark: changed
    • Mark image colour part claimed text: changed
    • Records: changed
  • Jan 14, 2025
    • Mark image colour claimed text: changed
    • Proprietor: changed
    • Description of mark: changed
    • Mark image colour part claimed text: changed
    • Records: changed
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  • Feb 22, 2013
    • Date of the first transfer into DPMAregister
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