Whiplash News on January 21, Tianyancha App shows that recently, three decisions on the rejection and review of the trademarks of the 47463240, 47487103 and 47457008 "WeChat Academy and Figure" were made public.
According to the documents, Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. filed for reexamination because it was dissatisfied with the trademark office's rejection of the application for registration of the above-mentioned trademark. The review held that the application for trademark containing the word "college" is inconsistent with the applicant's name, and its use in the designated service items is likely to cause consumers to misunderstand, so the application for registration of the applied trademark in the review service is rejected.
According to the Tianyancha App, Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. applied for a number of "WeChat Academy" trademarks in June 2020, with international classifications including education and entertainment, advertising sales, etc., and the current trademark status is "pending refusal and review" and "trademark invalidity".
