| Serial Number | 79155945 |
| Word Mark | BRAND ENHANCEMENT BY KURZ |
| Filing Date | Monday, November 25, 2013 |
| Status | 404 - IR CANCELLED - US REGISTRATION CANCELLED |
| Status Date | Friday, November 24, 2023 |
| Registration Number | 4943528 |
| Registration Date | Tuesday, April 26, 2016 |
| Mark Drawing | 3 - Illustration: Drawing or design which also includes word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | Tuesday, February 9, 2016 |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the capital letter word "BRAND" with two curved lines to the upper right of the letter "D", with the capital letter word "ENHANCEMENT" below, and further below the word "by" and the capital letter word "KURZ" followed by a design element consisting of a rectangle containing a stylized arm and hand holding a hammer. |
| Goods and Services | Magnetic, optical and electronic information carriers in the form of foil strips, tags, stickers, labels, vignettes, stamps, bands, tokens, coins, discs, cards and plates, all containing encoding devices, diffraction filters and diffractive gratings, hologram-like elements, or combinations thereof, for use in personal identification, authentication, and financial transactions; encoded identification devices and authentication devices, namely, data carriers in form of foil sheetings and foil bands, stickers, labels, bands, threads, discs, cards or plates with magnetic areas/layers, optically active layers, optical integrated circuits, electrically conductive layers or electronic integrated circuits for storing, processing and/or display of information; electric, electronic, optical and opto-electronic circuits, particularly in the 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, in the form of diffraction filters and diffraction gratings, and combinations of holograms and diffraction filters and gratings, contained in foils, in semi-finished plastic materials or semi-finished plastic laminates, for use in the creation of identification devices or authentication devices; optical security elements 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; 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 aforementioned 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 optically active layers and areas, for manufacturing 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 and labels for goods; electric and optical data processing apparatus; banknote checkers and validators; 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; magnetic data carriers; 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 and verifying brand source identification for goods and documents, and computer software for tracking and tracing the transport and physical location of goods and documents; computer software for checking and verifying the authenticity of documents; 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; optical security foils mainly consisting of plastics, namely, foils containing tamper-proof magnetic, optical or electrically conductive structures |
| 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, whereas the carrier film is 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, except for packaging purposes; transfer foils, namely plastic foils (not for packaging purposes) 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 plastics, namely, self-adhesive foils, plastic laminates and stamping foils, used to produce identification, authentication and money replacement means; stamping, transfer and laminating foils made primarily of plastic, namely, security threads; 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 and sheets of plastics (semi-finished products) used to produce identification, authentication and money replacement means; foils primarily of plastics consisting of laminated layers of materials, not for packaging purposes; self-adhesive foils of plastics and self-adhesive plastic laminate films, for further manufacturing purposes; plastic materials for the manufacture of identification, authentication and money replacement means, in the form of strips, tokens, cards, discs, tags, bands, sheets and foils made of plastics |
| Goods and Services | Providing transport information; consulting services related to the transport and the storage of goods; services of providing transport information, namely, collecting and providing information on storage and transport of goods as well as collecting and providing real-time information about the status and about the location of shipments and goods; consulting services related to the transport and the storage of goods, namely, consulting related to collecting and providing information on storage and transport of goods as well as collecting and providing real-time information about the status and about the location of shipments and goods; providing transport information, namely, computer-aided collecting and providing of real-time information on storage and transport of goods and about the status and the location of shipments and goods, also by means of computer databases; 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; telecommunication services in the nature of electronic data transmission and providing telecommunications connections to the internet or databases; data transmission on the Internet; rental of access time to data processing apparatus via global computer networks |
| Goods and Services | Paper and plastic tags, stickers, labels, vignettes, tokens, seals, bands, packaging covers and packaging sheaths, pouches, sheetings, foils, laminating packaging foils, sheaths and jackets, sheets, covers, cards and sheaths, all containing encoded data-carrying layers, layers with diffraction filters and diffractive gratings, layers with hologram-like elements as a component thereof; stamping foils, namely, hot stamping foils and cold stamping foils, primarily of paper for decoration of the surfaces of products and for decoration of product packaging; stamping foils, namely, hot stamping foils and cold stamping foils, primarily of paper for manufacturing identification devices and authentication devices and for manufacturing banknotes, bills and money replacement means; stickers, stamping foils, transfer foils and laminating foils as well as foil strips of plastics or primarily of plastics for packaging purposes; 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 data carriers in form of tokens, cards, discs, tags and bands of paper and sheets and foils of paper; 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; stamping foils 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; labels, stamps, seals, bands as well as sheets and foils of paper as identification devices, authentication devices and money replacement means; stamping foils for use as identification devices or authentication devices; 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 plastic foils for packaging purposes; laminate foils and films primarily of plastics for packaging purposes; 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 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; typewriters and office requisites except furniture; 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; printers' type; printing blocks; matrices for use in printing, stamping and embossing |
| Indication of Colors claimed | Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Collecting, compiling, 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 business information management services, namely, business data analysis and verification; systematizing and updating of data in computer databases; file management by means of computers; business advice and 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; consulting services in the field of data processing |
| NOT AVAILABLE | "BRAND ENHANCEMENT" |
| Goods and Services | Technological consultancy concerning 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 graphic design patterns, of decors, of structures and functional surface structures; technological consultancy concerning research and development of new products, production processes therefore and practical application of these products for others, namely, concerning digitized data carriers and data media in the 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 for security purposes regarding counterfeiting and forgery; technological consultancy concerning research and development of new products and technical concepts for practical application thereof for others, namely, concerning digitized data carriers in the form of foil strips, foil sheetings and foil bands, stickers, labels, threads, tokens, bands, sheets and foils of plastics, paper or metal placed on goods, banknotes, and paper currency for security purposes, particularly regarding forgery; technological consultancy concerning research and development of new products and technical concepts for practical application thereof for others, namely, concerning digitized data carriers in the nature of chips, tokens, cards, discs, bands, sheets, plastic foils, paper, metal or glass for making financial transactions in the nature of money payments; development of security systems that utilize optical devices for authenticating the brand source of products; technological consultancy in the fields of computer security, product and document security and electronic data security systems, namely, in the use of identification, authentication and money replacement devices in the nature of digitized chips, tokens, bands, sheets, foils of synthetic materials, paper and metal; development of security systems and contingency planning for information systems, namely, for access control, for authentication of documents, money and commercial papers as well as for data protection; computer-based technical data analysis and data conversion; computer consulting in the field of computer hardware and software, and IT consulting services; updating computer database software for others; development and creation, updating and maintenance of computer programs for data processing, particularly with respect to databases; development of computer hardware and software systems for data processing, data storage and data transmission, particularly with respect to databases; data encryption and decoding services; design and implementation of software and technology solutions for the purpose of product and document authentication and tracking, and brand monitoring and protection, to protect against counterfeiting, tampering, and diversion, and to ensure the integrity of genuine products and documents; technological consultancy concerning computer security and electronic data security; data-warehousing services; electronic data storage; leasing of computers and computer facilities for data processing; providing access for temporary use 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 authentication validation and identity validation |
| 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, November 11, 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, November 11, 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, November 11, 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, November 11, 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, November 11, 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, November 11, 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, November 11, 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, November 11, 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 | 99 - Other |
| Address | 90763 Fürth DE |
| Party Name | Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 20 - Owner at Publication |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | 90763 Fürth DE |
| Party Name | Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | 90763 Fürth DE |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, December 11, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, December 4, 2014 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Monday, December 8, 2014 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Monday, December 8, 2014 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Friday, December 12, 2014 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Friday, December 12, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Monday, December 15, 2014 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Monday, December 15, 2014 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Sunday, January 4, 2015 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |
| Wednesday, June 3, 2015 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, June 4, 2015 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Monday, June 29, 2015 | FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN |
| Monday, June 29, 2015 | FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED |
| Monday, June 29, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED |
| Friday, October 9, 2015 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN |
| Friday, October 9, 2015 | EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Friday, October 9, 2015 | NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED |
| Friday, October 9, 2015 | EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED |
| Friday, October 9, 2015 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2015 | PREVIOUS ALLOWANCE COUNT WITHDRAWN |
| Wednesday, October 21, 2015 | APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, December 29, 2015 | ASSIGNED TO LIE |
| Tuesday, January 5, 2016 | LAW OFFICE PUBLICATION REVIEW COMPLETED |
| Wednesday, January 20, 2016 | NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED |
| Wednesday, January 20, 2016 | NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, January 20, 2016 | NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB |
| Friday, February 5, 2016 | NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Tuesday, February 9, 2016 | PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION |
| Tuesday, February 9, 2016 | OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED |
| Tuesday, April 26, 2016 | REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER |
| Tuesday, July 26, 2016 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, July 27, 2016 | FINAL DISPOSITION PROCESSED |
| Wednesday, July 27, 2016 | FINAL DISPOSITION NOTICE SENT TO IB |
| Friday, August 12, 2016 | FINAL DECISION TRANSACTION PROCESSED BY IB |
| Monday, April 26, 2021 | COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 71 (6-YR) E-MAILED |
| Friday, November 11, 2022 | CANCELLED SECTION 71 |
| Sunday, June 23, 2024 | DEATH OF INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATION |
| Sunday, June 23, 2024 | NOTIFICATION OF EFFECT OF CANCELLATION OF INTL REG E-MAILED |
| Sunday, August 13, 2023 | TOTAL INVALIDATION PROCESSED BY THE IB |
| Tuesday, July 11, 2023 | TOTAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION CREATED |
| Wednesday, July 26, 2023 | TOTAL INVALIDATION OF REG EXT PROTECTION SENT TO IB |
| Wednesday, July 26, 2023 | INVALIDATION PROCESSED |