According to a report from gameslaw.online, a private blog owned by Michael Scheyhing, a German lawyer and legal counsel in gaming law, the German Football League (Deutsche Fußball Liga/DFL) has filed an application to secure esports-oriented word marks at the European Union Intellectual Property Office. The German Football League is an association that represents professional German football clubs and is most famous for Germany’s premier league Bundesliga.

Already filed word marks include: “DFL Esport Bundesliga,” “DFL Virtuelle Bundesliga,” “eBundesliga,” “iBundesliga”, “SportecSolutions,” and “DFL Sportec.”

After several German clubs stated their strong interest in esports, this news comes without much surprise. A German esports Bundesliga gets more and more likely now.