Sky International AGv.Sky Cinemas LLC

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

Nov 19, 2020

91223952 (T.T.A.B. Nov. 19, 2020)

Mailed: November 19, 2020
United States Patent and Trademark Office
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Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
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Sky International AG

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Sky Cinemas LLC
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Opposition No. 91223952
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Mark H. Tidman, Jacqueline M. Lesser, and Lisa Bollinger Gehman
of Baker & Hostetler LLP, for Sky International AG.

Baxter W. Banowsky of Banowsky & Levine PC, for Sky Cinemas LLC.

Before Cataldo, Wolfson, and Heasley,
Administrative Trademark Judges.

Opinion by Wolfson, Administrative Trademark Judge:

On August 21, 2020, the Board set the parties’ time to file briefs on Applicant’s
counterclaims against Opposer’s following registrations:
1. Reg. No. 4771128 for
2. Reg. No. 4771127 for SKY NEWS ARABIA
3. Reg. No. 4806322 for
4. Reg. No. 4771129 for
5. Reg. No. 4710310 for .
THIS OPINION IS NOT A
PRECEDENT OF THE TTAB
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Both parties filed their counterclaim briefs with accompanying appendices that
identified the evidence in support of, or defending against, the counterclaims. The
Board has carefully reviewed all the evidence presented by both parties and
appreciates the parties’ care in referring to their supporting evidence by citing
TTABVUE entries in their briefs. The Board also acknowledges that Opposer
submitted two additional declarations. Because the testimony itself is new evidence,
it has only been considered to the extent it refers to previously submitted evidence.
Applicant “incorporates its prior objections,” filed at 92 TTABVUE 55-77, to
portions of the Shelton Rebuttal Testimony Declaration and certain exhibits attached
to the declaration. 109 TTABVUE 10. Applicant argues that “there is no basis upon
which one can determine which statements might be based upon personal knowledge
and which are merely statements derived from interviews of others or documents
which may or may not be otherwise provided as exhibits to the declarations or even
admissible at all.” 92 TTABVUE 66. Contrary to Applicant’s assertion, however, the
Board does not view this as a “fatal defect.” We have disregarded Shelton’s opinions
regarding the veracity of Banowsky’s testimony, and in determining the probative
value of the objected-to testimony and evidence we keep Applicant’s objections in
mind. However, we admit the declaration and attached exhibits. See Kohler Co. v.
Honda Giken Kogyo K.K., 125 USPQ2d 1468, 1478, (TTAB 2017) (Board “is capable
of weighing the relevance and strength or weakness of the objected-to testimony and
evidence, including any inherent limitations”) (quoting Luxco, Inc. v. Consejo
Regulador del Tequila, A.C., 121 USPQ2d 1477, 1479 (TTAB 2017)).
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I. Opposer’s use of the challenged marks
Reg. No. 4771128 for
“The SKY NEWS channel was launched in the UK on February 5, 1989 and was
UK’s first dedicated 24-hour television news channel. The SKY NEWS channel is
currently available in 128 countries [including the United States], which are listed at
Exhibit X.” Shelton Decl., 56 TTABVUE 24, Exhibit X, 56 TTABVUE 160-163. As a
“24 hour multimedia news source,” Opposer provides a “live feed on the SKY website,
located at https://news.sky.com/.” Levy Decl., 50 TTABVUE 3, 4, 8. SKY NEWS is
currently available through Apple TV and ROKU. 50 TTABVUE 3, Exhibit C.
Viewers can live stream the SKY NEWS channel on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
50 TTABVUE 42-45, 76-80, 86-100, Exhibits E, H, K, and L. Viewers can also watch
a live feed on the SKY website. 50 TTABVUE 4-5, Exhibit I, 80-85. Opposer submitted
a confidential spreadsheet showing the cumulative daily number of United States
visitors to its website from 2012 to 2018. 51 TTABVUE 3-5, ¶¶ 9-11, Ex. J.
Opposer pleaded ownership of two existing and unchallenged registrations for the
typeset mark SKY NEWS for services in International Classes 38 and 41.1 Both

1 Registration No. 2912783 issued December 21, 2004 for SKY NEWS (“NEWS” disclaimed)
for “television and radio news reporting services; production of radio and television news
programmes” in International Class 41. Reg. No. 2932761 issued March 15, 2005 for SKY
NEWS (“NEWS” disclaimed) for “broadcasting and transmission of news programmes by
satellite, television and radio” in International Class 38 and “news agency services, namely,
gathering and dissemination of news; news reporting services” in International Class 41.
Copies of the registrations were filed at 48 TTABVUE 77 and 79.
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registrations have been renewed. Copies of the registrations were filed at 48
TTABVUE 77 and 79.
Reg. No. 4771127 for SKY NEWS ARABIA and Reg. No. 4806322 for

Sky News Arabia, a joint venture between Opposer and the Abu Dhabi Media
Investment Corporation, launched in May 2012 a “24-hour Arabic language news
channel” under the mark SKY NEWS ARABIA. 56 TTABVUE 22. “The Sky News
Arabia website at www.skynewsarabia.com covers breaking news and publishes news
stories, picture galleries and videos produced by a dedicated team of multimedia
journalists backed up by a network of correspondents across the Middle East, North
Africa and around the world.” Id. Sky News Arabia has a Washington, D.C. bureau
and the website is available to U.S. consumers. In May 2012, Sky News Arabia
launched a news application for the iPad, iPhone and other mobile devices. Id.
Opposer submitted a copy of pages from the www.skynewsarabia.com website, in
Arabic with photographs of various people and events, displaying the mark
. Exhibit V, 56 TTABVUE 152-158. News coverage is also
available over Google Play, where both the Arabic-language version and the English
mark SKY NEWS ARABIA is displayed. Exhibit N, 85 TTABVUE 149.
Opposer also submitted confidential copies of a licensing agreement with “Sky
News Arabia” dated May 1, 2014, for distribution of the channel into the United
States and Canada. Exhibit I, 56 TTABVUE 71 (confidential version at 58 TTABVUE
322-26).
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Reg. No. 4771129 for
“SKY SPORTS was launched in 1991 and is the brand name for a group of sports-
oriented television channels operated by Sky. SKY SPORTS is the leading
subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland.” Shelton
Decl., 56 TTABVUE 13. In the United States, SKY SPORTS is available through
www.skysports.com. Levy Decl., Exhibit R, 50 TTABVUE 135-157. “Sky has had use
of the SKY mark since 1997 by virtue of it continuous use of its SKY SPORTS NEWS
mark.” 56 TTABVUE 18.
Confidential Exhibit J corroborates U.S. viewership by showing the yearly sum of
daily unique visitors to the website in the U.S. from 2012 to 2018. 50 TTABVUE 5,
304; 51 TTABVUE 89 (confidential version).
Reg. No. 4710310 for .
SKY 90 is a “German language service” available to consumers in the United
States. Shelton Decl., 56 TTABVUE 7, 11. Registrations for the mark issued in
Liechtenstein and Switzerland in 2011, and an EU registration issued in 2012.
Shelton Decl., 56 TTABVUE 12, Exhibit K (filed under seal at 58 TTABVUE 333). In
2016, Opposer renewed a license agreement with Sky Deutschland Fernsehen GmbH
& Co. KG that pertained, in part, to the SKY 90 and design mark. The new license
allowed Sky Deutschland to distribute German language programming under the
mark into the United States. 56 TTABVUE 78, Exhibit L (filed under seal at 58
TTABVUE 375). “The SKY 90 mark in used in connection with the provision of Sky’s
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program German Fussball Bundesliga to the Deutsche Fussball Liga or satellite
distribution only in the United States on Dish Network’s German language
programming service.” Shelton Decl., 85 TTABVUE 12; Exhibit A [sic, T], 85
TTABVUE 194.
We first consider Opposer’s use evidence in connection with Applicant’s
counterclaims of lack of a bona fide intent to use.
II. Whether Opposer had a bona fide intention to use its marks
A foreign applicant may register a mark that has been “duly registered in the
country of origin of the foreign applicant” by filing an application, on the principal or
supplemental register, together with a true copy of the country of origin registration.
Trademark Act Section 44(e), 15 U.S.C. § 1126(e). “The application must state the
applicant’s bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce, but use in commerce
shall not be required prior to registration.” 15 U.S.C. § 1126(e). Opposer’s marks are
registered pursuant to Section 44(e).
The determination of whether Opposer had a bona fide intention to use its marks
in commerce at the time of filing “is an objective determination, based on all the
circumstances.” Swatch AG v. M. Z. Berger & Co. 108 USPQ2d 1463, 1471 (TTAB
2013) (citing Boston Red Sox Baseball Club L.P. v. Sherman, 88 USPQ2d 1581, 1587
(TTAB 2008)); see also Honda Motor Co. v. Winkelmann, 90 USPQ2d 1660, 1662
(TTAB 2009) (“In determining whether an applicant under § 44(e) has the requisite
bona fide intent to use the mark in U.S. commerce, the Board uses the same objective,
good-faith analysis that it uses in determining whether an applicant under § 1(b) has
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the required bona fide intent to use the mark in U.S. commerce.”), quoted in Société
des Produits Nestle S.A. v. Taboada, 2020 USPQ2d 10893, *8 (TTAB 2020).
Applicant argues that we must delete all goods from a class, not just the specific
goods within the class. “[I]f the Board determines that Opposer did not have a bona
fide intent to make use of the marks on any one or more of the remaining goods or
services in a class, registration as to that class must be cancelled in its entirety.” 109
TTABVUE 9. Applicant is mistaken. If we find some goods or services need to be
deleted, this would not invalidate the registrations in their entireties. See The Wet
Seal, Inc. v. FD Mgmt., Inc., 82 USPQ2d 1629, 1633 (TTAB 2007) (“[A]n application
will not be deemed void for lack of a bona fide intention to use absent proof of fraud,
or proof of a lack of bona fide intention to use the mark on all of the goods identified
in the application, not just some of them.”); Grand Canyon W. Ranch, LLC v.
Hualapai Tribe, 78 USPQ2d 1696, 1697 (TTAB 2006) (deleting some goods from a use
based application for which the mark was not actually used rather than finding the
entire application void ab initio).
The initial burden of proof is on Applicant, as the counterclaim plaintiff, to
establish a prima facie case for its lack of bona fide intent claim. Boston Red Sox, 88
USPQ2d at 1587. One way a party can establish a prima facie case is by proving that
its adversary has no documentary evidence supporting its claimed bona fide intent to
use the mark in commerce as of the application filing dates. Here, Opposer has
submitted evidence of use of its marks. However, Applicant argues that none of the
documents submitted by Opposer are relevant, either because they do not evidence
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use of the marks at issue, because they evidence use of the marks outside the United
States, or because they do not pre-date the filing dates of the applications that
matured into Opposer’s registrations.
Applicant misapprehends the law insofar as the question of territoriality is
concerned. A party’s showing of use of its marks outside the United States may be
probative of its “capacity to market and manufacture the identified goods [within the
United States] consistent with the natural extension of its current product line [which
capacity] can rebut the lack of documentary evidence.” Rolex Watch U.S.A. Inc. v.
AFP Imaging Corp., 101 USPQ2d 1188, 1197-98 (TTAB 2011) (applicant had capacity
to market and manufacture goods listed in its application for ROLL-X mark, which
is consistent with an extension of applicant’s current DENT-X product line), judgment
vacated as moot, 107 USPQ2d 1626 (TTAB 2013); see also Société des Produits Nestle
S.A., 2020 USPQ2d 10893, *12 (considering foreign applicant’s lack of capacity to
extend its current product line ); Wet Seal v. FD Mgt., 82 USPQ2d at 1643 (finding
applicant’s capacity to market and/or manufacture goods produced in the past under
different marks rebuts a claim that applicant lacked a bona fide intent to use).
Likewise, evidence of a party’s bona fide intent need not pre-date the filing date
of the application. “Documents created seven months after the application filing date
have been found relevant to, but not dispositive of, the applicant’s intent at the time
of filing.” Société des Produits Nestle S.A., 2020 USPQ2d 10893 at *13, quoting
Swatch AG v. M.Z. Berger & Co., 108 USPQ2d at 1474. Correspondence occurring
nine to eleven months after the filing date has been found sufficiently
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contemporaneous to the application filing date “to serve as corroboration of the
applicant’s declaration in the application of a bona fide intention to use the mark in
commerce.” Lane Ltd. v. Jackson Int’l Trading Co., 33 USPQ2d 1351, 1355 (TTAB
1994).
Applicant argues that the “sheer number” of goods and services in Opposer’s
applications evidences its lack of bona fide intent. Applicant’s brief, 109 TTABVUE
4. “Applying for broad blanket protection for goods and services without evidence of
contemporaneous plans along with evidence of the ability to deliver all the applied
for goods and services evidences a lack of bona fide intent.” Id. We are satisfied that
Opposer’s deletion of goods and services was the result of abandonment of the mark
with respect to the deleted goods and services, not an attempt to avoid judgment.
Cf. ShutEmDown Sports, Inc. v. Lacy, 102 USPQ2d 1036, 1042 (TTAB 2012) (“With
respect to the vast majority of the goods recited in Registration No. 3372975, i.e., the
“goods admitted not in use,” respondent has admitted that he has not used the mark
on these 109 items and has no intention to do so. This is sufficient to prove
abandonment as to those goods.”).2
We have carefully considered Applicant’s arguments and Opposer’s evidence
pertaining to its use of the SKY marks since at least as early as 2013. We find that
this evidence constitutes credible, objective corroboration of its statements in the

2 We also find Applicant’s reference to Opposer’s statements during prosecution of its
registrations for the mark SKY PRO CYCLING to have minimal probative value, as those
registrations have been abandoned.
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applications that Opposer had a bona fide intention to use its marks in commerce on
the goods and services presently listed in the registrations as of the filing dates of the
registrations. Cf. Commodore Electronics Ltd. v. CBM Kabushiki Kaisha, 26 USPQ2d
1503, 1507 (TTAB 1993) (finding applicant’s evidence of use “an indication that
applicant has been acting in good faith since it tends to show that applicant is actually
engaged in the trade for many of the … goods listed in its intent-to-use
application….”). Opposer has shown use of its marks sufficiently contemporaneous
with the filing dates of its applications; its use of the marks outside the U.S. coupled
with inroads into the U.S. market supports a finding that Opposer had the requisite
bona fide intent to use its marks on the relevant goods and services as of the filing
date of the applications.
We next consider Opposer’s evidence of use in the United States and Applicant’s
counterclaims of abandonment.
III. Whether Opposer has abandoned its marks with respect to any
goods or services
A registration issued pursuant to Trademark Act Section 44(e) is subject to the
same grounds for cancellation as are registrations issued under Section 1, including
abandonment. Wirecard AG v. Striatum Ventures B.V., 2020 USPQ2d 10086, *4
(TTAB 2020) (citing Imperial Tobacco Ltd. v. Philip Morris Inc., 899 F.2d 1575, 14
USPQ2d 1390, 1395 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (“We see no justification to adopt a different or
more liberal interpretation of the statute [with respect to abandonment] in connection
with a mark of a section 44(e) registrant which has never been used in this country.”)).
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Abandonment occurs when use of a mark “has been discontinued with intent not
to resume such use.” Section 45 of the Trademark Act; 15 U.S.C. § 1127. Intent not
to resume use may be inferred from circumstances, and “nonuse for 3 consecutive
years shall be prima facie evidence of abandonment.” 15 U.S.C. § 1127. Moreover, a
presumption of abandonment based on three years nonuse may be invoked against a
party who never begins use of its mark. Wirecard AG., 2020 USPQ2d 10086 at *4; see
also Exec. Coach Builders, Inc. v. SPV Coach Co., 123 USPQ2d 1175, 1180 (TTAB
2017) (citing Rivard v. Linville, 133 F.3d 1446, 45 USPQ2d 1374, 1376 (Fed. Cir.
1998); Imperial Tobacco, 14 USPQ2d at 1394.
Introduction of evidence of nonuse of a mark for three consecutive years
constitutes a prima facie showing of abandonment and triggers a rebuttable
presumption that a mark was abandoned with intent not to resume use. Exec. Coach,
123 USPQ2d at 1180. Where, as here, Opposer’s registrations issued without a
showing of use, proof of a three-year period of nonuse following registration creates a
rebuttable presumption that there is abandonment without intent to commence use.
Wirecard, AG., 2020 USPQ2d 10086 at *6. Once a prima facie showing of
abandonment has triggered the rebuttable presumption, the burden of production
shifts to the party contesting the abandonment to submit evidence of either: (1) use
of the mark during the statutory period of nonuse; or (2) activities reflecting an intent
to resume (or commence) use during the nonuse period. Wirecard AG., 2020 USPQ2d
10086 at *4. “The burden of persuasion however, always remains with the party
asserting abandonment, which must prove it by a preponderance of evidence.” Id. To
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cancel an entire registration, the party must prove its adversary has abandoned the
mark of the registration for all goods or services in each of the classes of goods and
services identified therein. Cf. Federated Foods, Inc. v. Fort Howard Paper Co., 544
F.2d 1098, 192 USPQ 24, 28 (CCPA 1976) (“We conclude, therefore, that this
opposition proceeding as to four classes of a combined application is, effectively, four
different oppositions which require four different factual determinations and four
different conclusions on the ultimate issue of likelihood of confusion under § 2(d).”).
Evidence concerning a party’s actions both before and after the three-year
statutory period may be relied on to infer a party’s intent to resume use. Crash
Dummy Movie, LLC v. Mattel, Inc., 601 F.3d 1387, 94 USPQ2d 1315, 1317 (Fed. Cir.
2010) (Mattel successfully rebutted the statutory presumption of abandonment by
evidence that it needed sufficient time to research, develop and market its re-tooled
CRASH DUMMIES toys after acquiring the mark in 1997). Accord, Exec. Coach, 123
USPQ2d at 1199 (Board may consider evidence of actions before and after the three-
year period of nonuse to infer an intent to resume use during that time frame.). Thus,
although three years is the critical time period within which there must be proof of
an intent to resume use, evidence from before and after that period is admissible and
relevant. McCarthy, Thomas J., 3 MCCARTHY ON TRADEMARKS AND UNFAIR
COMPETITION § 17:21 (5th ed. Sept. 2020 update). Moreover, the record evidence may
pertain to goods and/or services in multiple classes, especially where, as here, the
goods and services are interrelated.
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Applicant alleges that Opposer has failed to use the marks SKY NEWS ARABIA,
SKY SPORTS, and SKY NEWS “for more than three years” since the dates of
registration of the marks except in connection with “the provision of a streaming news
service.” 77 TTABVUE 107. Applicant contends that Opposer failed to use the mark
SKY 90 “for more than three years since the date of [the mark’s] registration” with
respect to any goods or services. Id. Opposer argues that “[t]he goods and services
that remain in the registrations subject to cancellation are all of the kind that would
be considered to be part of ‘streaming services,’” and since these goods and services
are admitted by Applicant to be in use (at least with respect to SKY NEWS ARABIA,
SKY SPORTS, and SKY NEWS), there is no abandonment. 110 TTABVUE 7.
Because the subject registrations issued under Section 44(e), the earliest dates on
which the three-year period for the statutory presumption of abandonment may begin
in each case are the registration dates: July 14, 2015 for Reg. Nos. 4771127, 4771128,
and 4771129; September 8, 2015 for Reg. No. 4806322 and March 31, 2015 for Reg.
No. 4710310. See Imperial Tobacco, 14 USPQ2d at 1395 (Section 44(e) registrant is
“granted a dispensation from actual use prior to registration, but after registration,
there is no dispensation of use requirements”)); Consol. Cigar Corp. v. Rodriguez, 65
USPQ2d 1153, 1155 (TTAB 2002) (statutory three-year period of nonuse which
constitutes prima facie evidence of abandonment does not begin until the registration
has actually issued).
During the course of discovery, Applicant sought information and documentation
of Opposer’s use of its marks in commerce. Banowsky Decl., 67 TTABVUE 2-8.
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Applicant argues that none of the material produced by Opposer in these proceedings
refers to any actual use in commerce of the marks, “with the exception of the use of
certain marks for streaming news services.” Applicant’s Brief, 107 TTABVUE 3.
Applicant’s acknowledgment extends to the marks SKY NEWS, SKY SPORTS, SKY
NEWS ARABIA and SKY NEWS [ARABIA]. Opposer has submitted evidence
corroborating Applicant’s acknowledgment and further demonstrating Opposer’s use
of the mark SKY90 for news streaming services.
Although the scope of services covered by “news streaming services” is limited
under U.S. policy to the electronic transmission of news in Class 38,3 the terminology
“news streaming service” is used in the marketplace in connection with activities
performed by both current events news broadcasting service providers and news-
content providers. See generally TRADEMARK MANUAL OF EXAMINING PROCEDURE
(TMEP) § 1402.11(a)(ii) (Oct. 2018) (“Content-provider services may be classified in a
variety of classes depending upon the nature of the activity provided.”). Opposer has
used its marks SKY NEWS, SKY SPORTS NEWS, SKY NEWS ARABIA and SKY
NEWS [ARABIA] during the relevant 3-year periods in association with
telecommunication services in Class 38 and content-provider services in Class 41.
Thus, Opposer’s services are properly recited in both service classes. Opposer also
argues that its streaming services “include an App download, an internet site, the

3 USPTO IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES MANUAL at idm-tmng.uspto.gov/id-
master-list-public.html, accessed November 5, 2020.
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ability to watch broadcasts that are streamed through Sky’s sites, and the ability to
add text, search, and arrange information.” 110 TTABVUE 8-9. In support, Opposer
provided confidential copies of license agreements with HULU, Amazon and Apple,
which provide end users the right to download content for storage on the end users’
equipment via Internet and mobile technology delivery mechanisms, for viewing on
such equipment. Shelton Decl., Exhibit H, parts 1 and 2, 58 TTABVUE 207-220. This
use supports the Class 9 goods “downloadable music, sounds, videos, images, text and
information provided by a telecommunications network, by online delivery and by
way of the internet and/or the world-wide web in the fields of news, sports and
entertainment.”
Opposer has not shown that it uses its pleaded marks with other goods or services,
but nonuse alone is not enough to establish Opposer’s abandonment with respect to
the other goods or services. “[T]here are two elements to a nonuse abandonment
claim: nonuse of the mark and intent not to resume [or commence] use.”4 Exec. Coach,
123 USPQ2d at 1180; see also Jack Wolfskin Ausrustung Fur Draussen GmbH & Co.
KGAA v. New Millennium Sports, S.L.U., 797 F.3d 1363, 116 USPQ2d 1129, 1131
(Fed. Cir. 2015), cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 982, 194 L. Ed. 2d 5 (2016); Noble House
Home Furnishings, LLC v. Floorco Enters., LLC, 118 USPQ2d 1413, 1417 (TTAB
2016). Applicant, as the party asserting abandonment, bears the ultimate burden to

4 As noted supra, because Opposer’s registrations issued under Section 44, a showing of use
was not required at the time the registrations issued.
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prove both elements “by a preponderance of evidence.” Cerveceria Centroamericana
S.A. v. Cerveceria India Inc., 892 F.2d 1021, 13 USPQ2d 1307, 1309 (Fed. Cir. 1989).
Applicant has failed to carry its burden of persuasion to show that Opposer lacked
an intent to commence use with respect to those services that are within the scope of
news streaming services. Accordingly, these services remain in the registrations.
Services currently recited in the registrations that are not within the scope of news
streaming services are deleted. With respect to the remaining Class 9 goods in the
SKY NEWS, SKY NEWS ARABIA, SKY NEWS [ARABIA], and SKY SPORTS
registrations, we find that Applicant met its prima facie burden to show that Opposer
lacks an intention to commence use of these marks on such goods by showing it sought
evidence of such intent, and Opposer has not rebutted the presumption with evidence
that rebuts Applicant’s showing. Accordingly, the remaining Class 9 goods are deleted
from the registrations.
Decision: Applicant’s counterclaims to cancel Opposer’s pleaded registrations are
granted in part; denied in part. The attached Appendix A lists the services that are
to remain in the registrations. The registrations will be amended to conform to
Appendix A in due course.
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APPENDIX A
I. Reg. No. 4771128 for
Class 9:
downloadable music, sounds, videos, images, text and information provided by a
telecommunications network, by online delivery and by way of the internet and/or the
world-wide web in the fields of news, sports and entertainment.

Class 38:
electronic transmission of data, messages and information; local and long distance
transmission of data, graphics by means of cable and satellite transmissions relating
to sports, news, entertainment; communications services, namely, transmission of
voice, data, graphics, images and video by means of telecommunications networks,
wireless communication networks, and the internet; satellite and television
transmission; broadcasting and/or transmission of radio and/or television programs
and/or films; transmission of audio and/or audio visual programming; transmission
of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by electronic transmission, online
broadband, satellite; broadcasting of programming by means of or aided by computer;
transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by internet protocol
(iptv); electronic transmission of text, messages, sound and/or pictures; providing
broadcast and/or transmission of audio visual content; news agency services for
electronic transmission; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers;
broadcast and/or transmission of radio programs, television programs, films;
transmission of radio programs, television programs.

Class 41:
education and entertainment services, namely, production and distribution of sports,
news, entertainment videos; provision of audio visual performances, namely, news
programs; live show production services of news programs; production, presentation
and distribution of radio and television programs, interactive television; provision of
news, current affairs and sports information; distribution of radio programs,
television programs, audio and/or visual material, television programs, films; online
news reporters services.

II. Reg. No. 4771127 for SKY NEWS ARABIA and Reg. No. 4806322 for

Class 9:
downloadable music, sounds, videos, images, text and information provided by a
telecommunications network, by online delivery and by way of the internet and/or
the world-wide web in the fields of news, sports and entertainment.
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Class 38:
telecommunications services, namely providing local and long distance transmission
of data, graphics by means of telephone, cable, and satellite transmissions relating to
sports, news, entertainment; communications services, namely, transmission of voice,
data, graphics, images and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless
communication networks, and the internet; satellite and television transmission;
broadcasting and/or transmission of radio and/or television programs and/or films;
transmission of audio and/or audio visual programming; transmission of audio, video
and/or audio visual programming by electronic transmission, online broadband,
satellite; broadcasting of programming by means of or aided by computer;
transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by internet protocol
(iptv); electronic transmission of text, messages, sound and/or pictures; providing
broadcast and/or transmission of audio visual content; news agency services for
electronic transmission; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers;
broadcast and/or transmission of radio programs, television programs, films;
transmission of radio programs, television programs.

Class 41:
education and entertainment services, namely, production and distribution of sports,
news, entertainment videos; provision of audio visual performances, namely, news
programs; live show production services of news programs; production, presentation
and distribution of radio and television programs, interactive television; provision of
news, current affairs and sports information; distribution of radio programs,
television programs, audio and/or visual material, television programs, films; online
news reporters services.
III. Reg. No. 4771129 for
Class 9:
downloadable music, sounds, videos, images, text and information provided by a
telecommunications network, by online delivery and by way of the internet and/or
the world-wide web in the fields of news, sports and entertainment.

Class 38:
electronic transmission of data, messages and information; local and long distance
transmission of data, graphics by means of cable, and satellite transmissions
relating to sports, news, entertainment; communications services, namely,
transmission of data, graphics, images and video by means of telecommunications
networks, wireless communication networks, and the internet; satellite and
television transmission; broadcasting and/or transmission of radio and/or television
programs and/or films; transmission of audio and/or audio visual programming;
transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by electronic
transmission, online broadband, satellite; broadcasting of programming by means of
or aided by computer; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming
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by internet protocol (iptv); electronic transmission of text, messages, sound and/or
pictures; providing broadcast and/or transmission of audio visual content; news
agency services for electronic transmission; streaming delivery of video on demand
streams to viewers; broadcast and/or transmission of radio programs, television
programs, films; transmission of radio programs, television programs.

Class 41:
education and entertainment services, namely, production and distribution of sports,
news, entertainment videos; provision of audio visual performances, namely, news
programs; live show production services of news programs; production, presentation
and distribution of radio and television programs, interactive television; provision of
news, current affairs and sports information; distribution of radio programs,
television programs, audio and/or visual material, television programs, films; online
news reporters services.
IV. Reg. No. 4710310 for
Class 38:
communications services, namely, transmission of data, graphics, images and video
by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and
the internet; satellite and television transmission; broadcasting and/or transmission
of television programs and/or films; transmission of audio and/or audio visual
programming; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by
electronic transmission, online broadband, satellite; providing broadcast and/or
transmission of audio visual content; news agency services for electronic
transmission; broadcast and/or transmission of television programs.

Class 41:
providing access to videos to viewers on demand; hiring, rental and leasing of videos;
provision of news programs and sports competitions; provision of news, current
affairs and sports information; distribution of television programs, pre-recorded video
tapes, audio and/or visual material; production of radio programs, television
programs, films, motion pictures, audio and/or visual material, featuring sports,
news, entertainment; production, editing, hire, leasing, rental, exhibition of,
preparation, and provision of television programs, films; online news reporters
services.
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APPENDIX B
Current ID with strikethroughs to show deleted goods and services

I. Reg. No. 4771128 for the mark:

Class 9: computer software to enable searching of data; computer software for use in
database management, use as a spreadsheet, word processing in the field of news,
sports, entertainment; computer software to enable connection to databases and the
internet; computer software supplied from the internet for use in database
management, use as a spreadsheet, word processing in the field of news, sports,
entertainment; computer software and computer programs for distribution to, and for
use by, viewers of a digital television channel for the viewing of goods and services;
downloadable music, sounds, videos, images, text and information provided by a
telecommunications network, by online delivery and by way of the internet and/or the
world-wide web in the field of news, sports and entertainment.

Class 38: telecommunications services, namely, providing telecommunication access
services, electronic transmission of data, messages and information, providing online
and telecommunication facilities for real- time interaction between and among users
of computers, mobile and handheld computers, and wired and wireless
communication devices, local and long distance transmission of data, graphics by
means of telephone, cable, and satellite transmissions relating to advertising, media,
sports, news, entertainment; communications services, namely, transmission of voice,
data, graphics, images and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless
communication networks, and the internet; satellite, and radio communication
services; television and radio broadcasting; satellite and television transmission and
communication services; broadcasting and/or transmission of radio and/or television
programs and/or films; satellite, dtt, cable, dsl and broadband broadcasting and/or
transmission of audio and/or audio visual programming; transmission of audio, video
and/or audio visual programming by electronic transmission, online broadband,
satellite; broadcasting of programming by means of or aided by computer;
transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by internet protocol
(iptv); electronic transmission of text, messages, sound and/or pictures; providing
telecommunication access and/or communication and/or broadcast and/or
transmission of audio visual content; communications services by satellite, television
and/or radio transmission; news agency services for electronic transmission;
telecommunications services, namely, providing access to news, current affairs and
sports information for electronic transmission: video on demand and near on demand
telecommunication and/or communication and/or broadcast and/or transmission
services; streaming delivery of video on demand streams to viewers; providing access
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to internet websites to mobile telephone users; broadcast and/or transmission of radio
programs, television programs, films; transmission of radio programs, television
programs. e-mail, email notification and alert services via the internet

Class 41: education and entertainment services, namely, production and distribution
of sports, news, entertainment, videos; provision of audio visual performances,
namely, news programs, sports competitions; production of films for television; live
show production services of news programs, sports competitions; production,
presentation and distribution of radio and television programs, interactive television;
interactive entertainment for others; provision of news, current affairs and sports
information; distribution of radio programs, television programs, prerecorded video
tapes, audio and/or visual material, television programs, films; online news reporters
services.

II. Reg. No. 4771127 and Reg. No. 4806322 for the marks SKY NEWS
ARABIA and

Class 9: computer software to enable searching of data; computer software for use in
database management, use as a spreadsheet, word processing in the field of news,
sports, entertainment; computer software to enable connection to databases and the
internet; computer software supplied from the internet for use in database
management, use as a spreadsheet, word processing in the field of news, sports,
entertainment; computer software and computer programs for distribution to, and for
use by, viewers of a digital television channel for the viewing of goods and services;
downloadable music, sounds, videos, images, text and information provided by a
telecommunications network, by online delivery and by way of the internet and/or the
world-wide web in the field[s] of news, sports and entertainment.

Class 38: telecommunications services, namely providing local and long distance
transmission of data, graphics by means of telephone, cable, and satellite
transmissions relating to advertising, media, sports, news, entertainment;
communications services, namely, transmission of voice, data, graphics, images and
video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks,
and the internet; satellite, [sic] and radio communication services; television and
radio broadcasting; satellite and television transmission and communication services;
broadcasting and/or transmission of radio and/or television programs and/or films;
satellite, dtt, cable, dsl and broadband broadcasting and/or transmission of audio
and/or audio visual programming; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual
programming by electronic transmission, online broadband, satellite; broadcasting of
programming by means of or aided by computer; transmission of audio, video and/or
audio visual programming by internet protocol (iptv); electronic transmission of text,
messages, sound and/or pictures; providing telecommunication access and/or
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communication and/or broadcast and/or transmission of audio visual content;
communications services by satellite, television and/or radio transmission; news
agency services for electronic transmission; telecommunications services, namely,
providing access to news, current affairs and sports information for electronic
transmission:[sic, ;] video on demand and near on demand telecommunication and/or
communication and/or broadcast and/or transmission services; streaming delivery of
video on demand streams to viewers; providing access to internet websites to mobile
telephone users; broadcast and/or transmission of radio programs, television
programs, films; and [sic]; transmission of radio programs, television programs. e-
mail, e[-]mail notification and alert services via the internet

Class 41: education and entertainment services, namely, production and distribution
of sports, news, entertainment, videos; provision of audio visual performances,
namely, news programs, sports competitions; production of films for television; live
show production services of news programs, sports competitions, [sic, ;] production,
presentation and distribution of radio and television programs, interactive television;
interactive games, interactive entertainment for others; provision of news, current
affairs and sports information; distribution of radio programs, television programs,
prerecorded video tapes, audio and/or visual material; television programs, films;
online news reporters services.

III. Reg. No. 4771129 for the mark

Class 9: computer software to enable searching of data; computer software for use in
database management, use as a spreadsheet, word processing in the field of news,
sports, entertainment, games; computer software to enable connection to databases
and the internet; computer software supplied from the internet for use in database
management, use as a spreadsheet, word processing in the field of news, sports,
entertainment, games; computer software and computer programs for distribution to,
and for use by, viewers of a digital television channel for the viewing of goods and
services; downloadable music, sounds, videos, images, text and information provided
by a telecommunications network, by on-line delivery and by way of the internet
and/or the worldwide web in the field of news, sports and entertainment.

Class 38: telecommunications services, namely, providing telecommunication access
services, electronic transmission of data, messages and information, providing online
and telecommunication facilities for real-time interaction between and among users
of computers, mobile and handheld computers, and wired and wireless
communication devices, local and long distance transmission of data, graphics by
means of telephone, cable, and satellite transmissions relating to advertising, media,
sports, news, entertainment, games; communications services, namely, transmission
of data, graphics, images and video, by means of telecommunications networks,
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wireless communication networks, and the internet; satellite, and radio
communication services; television and radio broadcasting; satellite and television
transmission, and communication services; broadcasting and/or transmission of radio
and/or television programs and/or films; satellite, dtt, cable, dsl and broadband
broadcasting and/or transmission of audio and/or audio visual programming;
transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming by electronic
transmission, online broadband, satellite; broadcasting of programming by means of
or aided by computer; transmission of audio, video and/or audio visual programming
by internet protocol (iptv); electronic transmission of text, messages, sound and/or
pictures; providing telecommunication access and/or communication and/or
broadcast and/or transmission of audio visual content; communications services by
satellite, television and/or radio transmission; news agency services for electronic
transmission; telecommunications services, namely, providing access to news,
current affairs and sports information for electronic transmission: [sic] video on
demand and near on demand telecommunication and/or communication and/or
broadcast and/or transmission services; streaming delivery of video on demand
streams to viewers; providing access to internet websites to mobile telephone users;
broadcast and/or transmission of radio programs, television programs, films;
transmission of radio programs, television programs.e-mail, email notification and
alert services via the internet

Class 41: education and entertainment services, namely, production and distribution
of sports, news, entertainment videos; training services in the field of sports;
provision of audio visual performances, namely, news programs, sports competitions;
production of films for television; live show production services of news programs,
sports competitions; production, presentation and distribution of radio and television
programs, interactive television, interactive games, interactive entertainment for
others; provision of news, current affairs and sports information; distribution of radio
programs, television programs, pre-recorded video tapes, audio and/or visual
material, television programs, films; online news reporters services.
IV. Reg. No. 4710310 for the mark

Class 38: communications services, namely, transmission of data, graphics, images
and video by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication
networks, and the internet; television broadcasting; satellite and television
transmission and communication services; broadcasting and/or transmission of
television programs and/or films; satellite, dtt, cable, dsl and broadband broadcasting
and/or transmission of audio and/or audio visual programming; transmission of
audio, video and/or audio visual programming by electronic transmission, online
broadband, satellite; providing telecommunication access and/or communication
and/or broadcast and/or transmission of audio visual content; communications
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services by satellite, television transmission; news agency services for electronic
transmission; telecommunications services, namely, providing access to news,
current affairs and sports information for electronic transmission; broadcast and/or
transmission of television programs.

Class 41: production of films for television and cinema featuring sports, news,
entertainment; providing access to videos to viewers on demand; hiring, rental and
leasing of videos; provision of news programs and sports competitions; provision of
news, current affairs and sports information; distribution of television programs, pre-
recorded video tapes, audio and/or visual material; production of radio programs,
television programs, films, motion pictures, pre-recorded video tapes, audio and/or
visual material, pre-recorded video cassettes, dvds or pre-recorded video discs
featuring sports, news, entertainment; production, editing, hire, leasing, rental,
exhibition of, preparation, and provision of television programs, films; presentation
of films; online news reporters services.