| Serial Number | 79153310 |
| Word Mark | BRAND ENHANCEMENT BY KURZ |
| Filing Date | Friday, November 8, 2013 |
| Status | 404 - IR CANCELLED - US REGISTRATION CANCELLED |
| Status Date | Tuesday, November 7, 2023 |
| Registration Number | 4899792 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, February 16, 2016 |
| Mark Drawing | 4 - Illustration: Drawing with word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) in Block form |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, December 1, 2015 |
| Goods and Services | Magnetic, optical or electronic information carriers in form of foil strips, stickers, labels, vignettes, bands, tokens, coins, discs, cards and plates; all afore-mentioned goods containing encoding devices, optical diffraction structures, holographic structures or combinations thereof, for use as identification means, authentication means or money replacement means or for use for banknotes, bills or payment means; encoded identification devices and authentication devices, namely, foil sheetings and foil bands, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates with magnetic, optical or electrically conductive structures for storing, processing and/or display of information; electric and/or electronic and/or optical and/or opto-electronic circuits, particularly in form of foil sheetings and foil bands, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates, each with microprocessors, printed coils and printed circuits, each for application in the field of passive labelling, tracking and tracing of goods or identification of persons and objects; optical diffraction structures, holographic structures or combinations thereof for use in the creation of identification devices or authentication devices; optical security features in form of encoded information carriers for banknotes; integrated circuits and electronic components, namely, printed circuits, foil sheetings and foil bands, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates, of polymers, carrying or intended to contain magnetically, optically, or electronically recorded or encoded information; opto-electronic energy converters, solar cells, light-emitting diodes or laser diodes; antennas; optical display devices, namely, LCD-displays and organic light-emitting diodes; all afore-mentioned goods also encodable as well as with optically active interference layers, polarization layers and/or liquid crystal layers and/or with optically active spatial structures; magnetic, optical, electric and electronic parts and components in form of foil sheetings and foil bands, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates that are encoded or provided with optical structures, for storing, processing and/or display of information; identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means, namely, data carriers in form of chips, cards, discs, magnetic plates, stamps, plates, tokens, bands as well as sheets and foils of plastic, synthetic materials, paper or metal, that are encoded or provided with optical structures; stamping dies, sheets and foils of metal, that are encoded or provided with optical structures, as identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means; covers and sheaths, inherently stable sheaths of plastic, except for packaging purposes, stamping foils, namely, hot stamping foils and laminating foils, also in form of bands, except for packaging purposes, all afore-mentioned goods containing encoding devices, optical diffraction structures, holographic structures or combinations thereof, for use as identification devices, authentication devices or money replacement means or for use for banknotes, bills or payment means; electronic security tags/labels for goods; electric and optical data processing apparatus; apparatus for checking the authenticity of banknotes; programmable electronic controls, electric control units for security systems, electric components as far as contained in this class, namely, electric, optical and electronic switches, sensors, integrated circuits, capacitors, inductors, resistors, diodes, memory chips, data storage chips, transponder chips, electric and optical data carriers, solar cells; blank magnetic data carriers and data carriers prerecorded with identification information and authentication information; computer hardware; peripheral devices for computers; portable mini-computers, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants (PDA); portable data processing apparatus and checking/testing devices, namely, checking and testing devices for optically variable devices, optical structures, diffractive structures, electric and electronic signals and magnetic structures; electronic databases in the field of product and document validation and authentication, tracking and tracing of goods and documents and identity validation and authentication, recorded on computer media, and computer databases, namely, computer software for creating searchable databases of information and data; computer software, particularly computer database software and client software for use in gaining access to computer databases; computer software for checking/validating the authenticity of goods and documents, for tracking and tracing of goods and documents as well as for authentication validation and identity validation; computer software for database administration and database management; computer software for encryption and decryption of information and data; downloadable electronic documentations in the field of product and document authentication, in the field of securing products and documents against falsification/counterfeiting, in the field of product design and plastics processing, and downloadable electronic publications in the nature of books, manuals and newsletters in these aforementioned fields; electric equipment for the controlling, remote-control and supervision of industrial installations and machines, namely, electric control panels, electrical controllers, computer hardware for controlling, remote-controlling and supervision of industrial installations and machines |
| Goods and Services | Stamping tools, embossing rollers, stamping dies, embossing matrices as machine parts; matrices as machine parts; tools for printing as machine parts; machine-driven apparatus for stamping, particularly hot stamping or cold stamping; machines for plastics processing, paper processing and foil processing; foil overlaying machines for covering the surfaces of articles or substrates with foils with patterns, decors, structures and/or functional surface structures; stamping dies and small stamping plates being machine parts |
| Goods and Services | Laminating foils, namely, plastic laminating foils consisting of a carrier film for lamination onto a substrate, the carrier film being provided with decoration elements, identification elements and/or authentication elements; stamping foils, transfer foils and laminating foils as well as foil strips, primarily consisting of plastics; transfer foils, namely, plastic foils consisting of a carrier film primarily of plastics and at least one transfer layer that can be detached from the carrier film and applied onto a substrate; semi-finished goods of plastics, namely, self-adhesive foils, sheets, plastic laminates, laminating foils, stamping foils, for surface decoration as well as for identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means or for use for banknotes, bills or payment means; security threads of plastics in form of narrow stamping foils, transfer foils or laminating foil strips; laminating foils primarily of plastics with or without a metal layer for application onto a substrate; foils primarily of plastics for use as optical security devices; bands as well as sheets and foils of plastics for identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means; semi-finished goods, namely, self-adhesive foils, plastic laminates, stamping foils for further manufacture of identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means; semi-worked synthetic plastic as semi-finished products in the form of self-adhesive foils, laminates, and stamping foils particularly for use in further manufacturing data carriers and information carriers, identification or authentication devices, payment means or money replacement means |
| Goods and Services | Providing transport information; consulting services related to the transport and the storage of goods; providing transport information, namely, collecting and providing information on storage and transport of goods; consulting services related to the transport and the storage of goods, namely, consulting related to providing information on storage and transport of goods; providing transport information, namely, computer-aided provision of real-time information on storage and transport of goods; providing transport information, namely, computer-aided services of providing instructions concerning storage, transport and delivery of goods and stock inventories |
| Goods and Services | Telecommunication services, namely, transmission or transfer of data by means of telecommunications networks, wireless communication networks, and the Internet, transmission and reception of database information via telecommunication networks; providing of and providing access to electronic communication networks and electronic databases, particularly to databases for checking the stock, the authenticity of goods and documents, for tracking and tracing of goods and documents as well as for authentication validation and identity validation; communication services for electronic data transmission and for the access to databases for acquiring information; data transmission on the Internet; providing temporary access to non-downloadable software by means of computer networks, Intranets and the Internet for tracking and tracing, management of deliveries and commodity flows as well as for checking the stock, the authenticity of goods and documents, for tracking and tracing of goods and documents as well as for authentication validation and identity validation; rental of access time to data processing apparatus |
| Goods and Services | Stickers, paper labels, stamps, vignettes, packaging covers and packaging sheaths of paper or synthetic plastics; packaging materials of paper or plastics, namely, pouches, foils, sheaths and jackets, all the aforementioned goods containing encoding devices and/or optical diffraction structures and/or holographic structures; sheets, covers, cards and sheaths all primarily made of paper or plastic for packaging, all the aforementioned goods containing encoding devices and/or optical diffraction structures and/or holographic structures; stamping foils, namely, hot stamping foils and cold stamping foils, primarily of paper, for decoration as well as for identification devices or authentication devices or money replacement means or for use for bank notes, bills or payment means; stickers, stamping foils, transfer foils and laminating foils as well as foil strips all primarily made of paper or made of plastic for packaging; paper with UV-curable adhesives for cold stamping; labels of paper or primarily of paper; vignettes primarily consisting of paper; identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means, namely, non-electronic unencoded paper data carriers in form of tokens, cards, discs, tags and bands of paper and sheets and foils of paper or plastics; stamping foils and transfer foils for packaging purposes, namely, foils consisting of a carrier film primarily manufactured of plastics and at least one transfer layer which is removable from the carrier film and can be applied to a substrate; unencoded stamping foils primarily made of paper and unencoded stamping foils primarily made of plastic, for packaging purposes, namely, hot stamping foils and cold stamping foils, consisting of a carrier film primarily of plastics and a consumption layer which can be detached from the carrier film during stamping for application to a substrate; markings, labels, stamps, seals, bands as well as sheets and foils of paper as identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means; unencoded stamping foils primarily made of paper and unencoded stamping foils primarily made of plastic, for packaging purposes for these identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means; packaging materials of paper, synthetic plastic materials or plastics as far as contained in this class, namely, bags, pouches, envelopes, covers, sheets and foils; self-adhesive paper foils for packaging purposes, laminates of synthetic plastic materials or primarily of synthetic plastic materials, stamping foils of paper; paper, cardboard and goods of these materials, as far as not contained in other classes, namely, covers, boxes, envelopes, pouches and wrappers; printed matter, namely, catalogues, brochures, books, manuals, charts, leaflets, flyers and hand-outs, in the field of foil technology and foil application and foil processing, plastics and paper processing, product design and decoration, product and document security, operation of machines and of computer software and hardware; book binding material; photographs, stationery; adhesives for paper and stationery or for household purposes; paint brushes; printed instructional and teaching materials in the field of plastics and paper processing, product design and decoration, product and document security, operation of machines and of computer software and hardware; plastic materials for packaging as far as not contained in other classes, namely, plastic foils, plastic wrap, plastic bags, plastic pouches and plastic packaging covers; printers' type; printing blocks; matrices for use in printing, stamping and embossing |
| Goods and Services | Collecting, arranging, systematizing, updating and maintenance of data and information in computer databases, particularly of data for checking of the stock, the authenticity of goods and documents, for tracking and tracing of goods and documents as well as for authentication validation and identity validation; computer-based organizational and business-management data verification and data analysis; file management by means of computers; provision of commercial information about movement of goods, also by means of databases and by means of an Internet portal; provision of commercial information about the movement and the stock of goods for the purpose of tracking and tracing (shipment tracking) of shipments and goods, also by means of databases and by means of an Internet portal; electronic data processing consultancy concerning data processing |
| NOT AVAILABLE | "BRAND ENHANCEMENT" |
| Goods and Services | Technological consultancy related to the technology field of surface decoration and/or surface coating by means of stamping foils, transfer foils and laminating foils; technological consultancy in the technology field of processes and machines for the transfer of patterns, decors, structures and/or functional surface structures; technological consultancy in the technology field of materials, processes and machines for the application of security elements in form of identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means, particularly of data carriers and data media in form of foil strips, foil sheetings and foil bands, stickers, markers, labels, threads, plates, chips, tokens, stamps, seals, cards, discs, tags, bands as well as sheets and foils of plastics, paper or metal onto goods and its packaging; technological consultancy in the field of selecting, designing and developing goods suitable for their intended uses as well as using such goods for identification and authentication purposes, namely, concerning possibilities of use and application of security elements in form of foil strips, foil sheetings and foil bands, stickers, labels, threads, tokens, bands, sheets and foils of plastics, paper or metal on goods, bank notes, bills or payment means, particularly for increasing security against forgery; technological consultancy concerning the possibilities of using money replacement means, namely, data carriers, like chips, tokens, cards, discs, bands, sheets and foils of plastics, paper, metal or glass; technical planning of security systems by using of optical devices for authentication of products; technological consultancy for the use of identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means, namely, data carriers like chips, tokens, bands, sheets as well as foils of synthetic materials, paper or metal; technical planning of security systems for access control, for authentication checks of documents, of money and commercial papers as well as for data protection; computer-based technical data analysis and data conversion; computer consulting regarding hardware and software and IT consulting services; data warehousing services, namely, electronic storage services for archiving electronic data, and electronic data storage; services for updating of information via computers, namely, updating of database software; development and creation, update and maintenance of computer programs for data processing, particularly with respect to databases; development of hardware and software systems for data processing, data storage and data transmission, particularly with respect to databases; encryption, decryption and authentication of information and data; technological consultancy concerning computer security and data protection; electronic data storage; leasing of computing capacity for data processing |
| International Class | 038 - Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 104 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 007 - Machines and machine tools; motors and engines (except for land vehicles); machine coupling and transmission components (except for land vehicles); agricultural implements other than hand-operated; incubators for eggs. |
| US Class Codes | 013, 019, 021, 023, 031, 034, 035 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 007 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| 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 | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 016 - Paper, cardboard and goods made from these materials, not included in other classes; printed matter; bookbinding material; photographs; stationery; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; artists' materials; paint brushes; typewriters and office requisites (except furniture); instructional and teaching material (except apparatus); plastic materials for packaging (not included in other classes); printers' type; printing blocks. |
| US Class Codes | 002, 005, 022, 023, 029, 037, 038, 050 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 016 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 017 - Rubber, gutta-percha, gum, asbestos, mica and goods made from these materials and not included in other classes; plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture; packing, stopping and insulating materials; flexible pipes, not of metal. |
| US Class Codes | 001, 005, 012, 013, 035, 050 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 017 |
| 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 | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 039 - Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 105 |
| Class Status Code | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 039 |
| 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 | F - NOT AVAILABLE |
| Class Status Date | Friday, September 2, 2022 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 30 - Original Registrant |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Party Name | Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 13 - Limited Partnership |
| Address | DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Wednesday, October 22, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, October 16, 2014 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, October 17, 2014 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Friday, October 17, 2014 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Tuesday, October 21, 2014 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2015 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Thursday, October 23, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Thursday, October 23, 2014 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Thursday, October 23, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, November 8, 2014 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Friday, April 10, 2015 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Friday, April 10, 2015 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Friday, April 10, 2015 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Friday, April 10, 2015 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, April 27, 2015 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, October 7, 2015 | CORRECTION FROM THE IB EXAMINED, NO ACTION IS NEEDED |
| Wednesday, May 20, 2015 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Tuesday, June 2, 2015 | WITHDRAWN FROM PUB - OG REVIEW QUERY |
| Monday, June 15, 2015 | PREVIOUS ALLOWANCE COUNT WITHDRAWN |
| Friday, June 19, 2015 | CORRECTION TRANSACTION RECEIVED FROM IB |
| Thursday, June 25, 2015 | CORRECTION FROM IB ENTERED - ATTORNEY REVIEW REQUIRED |
| Friday, July 24, 2015 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Friday, July 24, 2015 | NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, July 24, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED |
| Friday, October 2, 2015 | CORRECTION TRANSACTION RECEIVED FROM IB |
| Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, November 11, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Saturday, October 17, 2015 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Saturday, October 17, 2015 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Saturday, October 17, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Saturday, October 17, 2015 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Saturday, October 17, 2015 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, October 20, 2015 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Tuesday, October 27, 2015 | WITHDRAWN FROM PUB - ESU SUPERVISOR REQUEST |
| Tuesday, December 1, 2015 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, December 1, 2015 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Monday, May 16, 2016 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Friday, December 7, 2018 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Friday, November 27, 2015 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2016 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, May 17, 2016 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Tuesday, May 17, 2016 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Friday, July 8, 2016 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Saturday, October 6, 2018 | TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED |
| Saturday, May 27, 2023 | TOTAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB |
| Tuesday, February 16, 2021 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Friday, September 2, 2022 | CANCELLED SECTION 71 |
| Tuesday, May 2, 2023 | TOTAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Friday, May 26, 2023 | INVALIDATION PROCESSED |
| Saturday, June 1, 2024 | DEATH OF INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION |
| Saturday, June 1, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF EFFECT OF CANCELLATION OF INTL REG E-MAILED |
| Sunday, June 18, 2023 | TOTAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB |