| Serial Number | 99024718 |
| Word Mark | BEYOND 2025 |
| Filing Date | Friday, January 31, 2025 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, January 20, 2026 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Pseudo Mark | BEYOND TWO ZERO TWO FIVE |
| Goods and Services | Advertising and promotional services; loyalty card services, namely, promoting the goods and services of others by means of a loyalty rewards card scheme ; organisation, operation and management of customer loyalty schemes, namely, promoting the goods and services of others by means of a loyalty rewards scheme; organisation, operation and supervision of sales and promotional incentive schemes, namely, incentive award programs to promote the sale of products and services of others; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods and services enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods and services, by means of an online computer database, the internet or other electronic networks and excluding the transport thereof; provision of online platforms for the sale and purchase of goods and services; providing an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; arranging and conducting of exhibitions for business purposes; business management and administration; business organization consultancy; business consultancy services; providing office functions; economic forecasting, marketing, market research, market analysis and survey services; publication of business information, namely, publishing of advertising texts; compilation of statistical information for business purposes; provision of trade information; provision of directory services, namely, compilation of business directories |
| Pseudo Mark | BEYOND TWENTY TWENTY FIVE |
| Goods and Services | Telecommunication services, namely, fixed and mobile telephone services; fixed and mobile telephone services, satellite transmission services, cellular telephone communication, and radio communications; telecommunication services, namely, providing prepaid minutes for use on mobile phones abroad; provision of internet access services; geolocation services, namely, electronic transmission of geolocation data from mobile devices; providing telecommunications connections to computer databases, the internet, and global computer networks; provision of wireless electronic transmission of credit and debit card transaction data and wireless electronic savings and payment data via a global computer network; providing access to digital audio, video and data websites from a database, the internet, or other electronic network in the nature of a global computer network; streaming of audio and video material on the internet; transmission of data, audio data, video and digital multimedia files streamed over a global computer network; telecommunication and communication database services, enabling the consumer to download digital content from a network and server to an individual database; providing access to telecommunications infrastructures for other operators; providing and leasing access time to computer bulletin boards, computer networks and interactive computer communications networks; information services relating to data communications; communication services for the Internet of Things (IoT), namely, providing electronic transmission of information stored in a database via interactively communicating computer systems |
| Pseudo Mark | BEYOND TWO THOUSAND TWENTY FIVE |
| Goods and Services | Electrical and electronic telecommunications and communications apparatus and instruments, excluding electrical and electronic telecommunications and communications apparatus for use in the field of construction, engineering, geology, positioning and soil analysis; data communication apparatus and instruments in the nature of apparatus for transmission of communication, microphones, fuses, telecommunications transmitters; data communication apparatus and instruments, namely, portable electronic devices to access the Internet wirelessly; digital media, namely, downloadable multimedia files containing information and highlights from leadership conferences and business forums; downloadable multimedia content files containing still images, graphics, artwork, text, hypertext, audio and video featuring information and highlights from leadership conferences and business forums; downloadable educational multimedia content, namely, video recordings, images, and sound recordings featuring leadership training, professional development, and business management content ; downloadable electronic newsletters in the field of leadership and business management; downloadable electronic game programs; computers and computer peripheral devices; blank digital and analogue recording and storage media being CDs, record disks, magnetic tape recorders; downloadable mobile applications for use in events and conferences; recorded computer software for use as an application programming interface (API); downloadable computer chatbot software for providing event information, answering attendee questions, and facilitating networking at conferences; downloadable communication software for providing access to the Internet; downloadable computer software using artificial intelligence (AI) for event management, attendee engagement, and personalized content delivery in the field of leadership development and business conference, excluding AI software for the creation, design and production of laser shows, multimedia displays and multimedia events and for use and controlling lights and playing audio files used in connection with laser shows, multimedia displays and multimedia events, and excluding downloadable software in the nature of a mobile application for internet based dating and matchmaking; downloadable computer software for financial management and planning, account aggregation and budgeting; recorded computer software and hardware for use in computer-aided software engineering sold as a unit; downloadable virtual and augmented reality training simulation software in the field of leadership development and business management; downloadable computer application software for connecting, operating, and managing networked event devices, namely, digital signage, attendee check-in kiosks, and conference room equipment in the Internet of Things (IoT); IoT gateways, namely, gateway routers; downloadable computer programs using artificial intelligence and machine learning to develop predictive models; downloadable computer programs using artificial intelligence in the field of online advertising namely, creating advertising layouts; magnetically encoded identity cards; blank smart cards; hologram apparatus |
| Goods and Services | Industrial analysis and research services in the field of software engineering, digital transformation technologies, and information and communications technology, and excluding analysis of building structure behaviour; research, design and development of information and communications technology; design and development of computer hardware and software; software engineering services; engineering and technical support services for the design and configuration of hardware and software systems and platforms; research, design and development of information and communications technology; cloud computing services namely, providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable cloud computing software for use in database management and electronic storage of data; computer security threat analysis for protecting cloud-based data; consultancy services in the field of cloud computing; consultancy services in the field of cloud computing applications and networks; advisory services in the field of deploying cloud computing environments in the field of infrastructure as a service (IAAS); design of unified communications services; cybersecurity services in the nature of restricting unauthorized access to computer systems and technology consultation in the field of cybersecurity; technological consulting services in the field of cybersecurity; hosting digital software platforms for mobility as a service; application service provider (ASP), namely, providing, hosting, managing, developing, and maintaining applications, software, websites, and databases in the fields of wireless communication, mobile information access, and remote data management for wireless delivery of content to handheld computers, laptops and mobile electronic devices; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and applications for event management, attendee engagement, scheduling, and delivery of conference materials in the field of leadership development and business management; computer services, namely, creating virtual communities for users to participate in discussions, get feedback from their peers, and engage in social, business and community networking;; providing an online network service that enables users to transfer and share personal identity data among multiple online facilities; digital imaging services related to digitalization and scanning of images as well as rendering of computer graphics; providing non-downloadable e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via global computer network; computer services, in particular, application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network; software as a service (SAAS)services featuring software for event management, attendee networking, scheduling, and delivery of digital content in the fields of telecommunications, digital transformation and technology |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the stylized wording "BEYOND" above a stylized design of the continent of Africa made up of diagonal lines and overlapping a circle made up of dots. Next to the African continent design is an arrow head design and the stylized wording "2025". |
| Goods and Services | Educational services in the nature of business leadership development schools; providing of training in the field of leadership development, business management, digital transformation, and professional development; educational services, namely, conducting conferences, seminars, panel discussions and events featuring keynote speakers for organizations and individuals in the field of leadership, business strategy, and digital innovation; educational services, namely, conducting events for organizations and individuals in the field of leadership development, entrepreneurship and for facilitating collaborative learning opportunities; entertainment services in the nature of development, creation, production and post-production services of multimedia entertainment content in the field of leadership development, business management, digital transformation, and professional development; entertainment services, namely, providing virtual reality interactive entertainment and virtual reality content in the nature of virtual reality arcade services in the field of leadership development, business management, digital transformation, and professional development; entertainment services, namely, providing virtual reality interactive music and concerts in the nature of providing non-downloadable playback of music and concerts via global communications networks in the field of leadership development, business management, digital transformation, and professional development; entertainment services, namely, providing augmented reality interactive entertainment and augmented reality content in the nature of providing online augmented reality games in the field of leadership development, business management, digital transformation, and professional development; entertainment services, namely, providing non-downloadable movies, television shows, webcasts, all featuring leadership development, business management, digital transformation, and professional development, visual and audio recordings featuring content in the field of leadership development, business management, digital transformation, and professional development, online reviews, and recommendations regarding movies, television shows, webcasts, audiovisual, and multimedia works; entertainment services, namely, hosting on-line web facilities for others for streaming entertainment content and live streaming video of entertainment events in the field of leadership development, business management, digital transformation, and professional development; digital video, audio and multimedia entertainment publishing services; gambling services; online gaming services in the nature of casino gambling; gaming services in the nature of casino gambling, and conducting online computer game tournaments; organizing community sporting and cultural activities; education services, namely, mentoring in the field of business |
| International Class | 009 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus. |
| US Class Codes | 021, 023, 026, 036, 038 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 31, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 31, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 038 - Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 104 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 31, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 107 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 31, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 042 - Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Friday, January 31, 2025 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | MTN Group Management Services (Pty) Ltd |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | Roodepoort, Gauteng 2195 ZA |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Friday, January 31, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION ENTERED |
| Friday, January 31, 2025 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Monday, July 7, 2025 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Friday, July 11, 2025 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Thursday, July 17, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, July 17, 2025 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Thursday, July 17, 2025 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | APPLICATION EXTENSION TO RESPONSE PERIOD - RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, October 14, 2025 | APPLICATION EXTENSION GRANTED/RECEIPT PROVIDED |
| Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |