The trademark application RUGBY'S GREATEST RIVALRY was filed by NEW ZEALAND RUGBY UNION INCORPORATED, a corporation established under the laws of New Zealand (the "Applicant") and SOUTH AFRICAN RUGBY UNION, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of South Africa (the "Co-Applicant", and jointly with the "Applicant" referred to as the "Applicants" going forward). The application was published for oppositions on December 11, 2025, and still open for oppositions.
The application was filed in English (French was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 25 with following description of goods:
Clothing
Footwear
Headgear.
The mark was filed in class 28 with following description of goods:
Games
Playthings
Soft toys
Playing cards
Gymnastic and sporting articles, equipment and apparatus not included in other classes
Dolls
Footballs
Bladders for footballs
Sporting bags included in this class
Kicking tees
Golf balls
Golf tees
Golf ball markers
Guards and padding for sport
Electronic games other than those adapted for use with television receivers only.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Broadcasting of rugby matches, sporting events, news and other entertainment
Email services
Transmission of short messages [SMS], images, speech, sound, music and text communications between mobile telecommunications devices
Mobile telecommunication, fixed telecommunication, satellite, cellular, and radio communication services including all forms of transmission, delivery and reception of sound, data, images, music and information
Communication of information and data by electronic means including computer and satellite
Messaging services, including, sending, receiving and forwarding messages in the form of text, audio, graphic images or video or a combination of these formats
Providing access to computer, electronic and online databases
Providing access to digital audio, video and data websites from a database, the Internet, or other electronic network
Delivery of audio, video and data by telecommunications
Telecommunication and communication database services, including enabling the consumer to download digital content from a network and server to an individual database
Telecommunications services, namely electronic transmission of data, messages and information
Providing online chat rooms and electronic bulletin boards
Providing online forums for communication on topics related to sport
Providing access to computer databases in the fields of social networking
Information, consultancy and advisory services relating to telecommunications.
The mark was filed in class 41 with following description of goods:
Entertainment, training, education, sporting and cultural activities
Provision of sports entertainment, tuition and training
Entertainment, education and instruction live or by means of or relating to radio and television
Production, presentation, distribution, syndication, networking and rental of television and radio programmes, interactive entertainment, films and sound and video recordings, interactive compact discs, DVDs (digital versatile discs), DVD-RWs (digital versatile discs and read and/or write capability) and CD-ROMs
Production and rental of educational and instructional materials