| Serial Number | 79403690 |
| Word Mark | BUSINESS FRANCE |
| Filing Date | Friday, May 3, 2024 |
| Status | 661 - RESPONSE AFTER NON-FINAL ACTION - ENTERED |
| Status Date | Thursday, January 2, 2025 |
| 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 |
| Goods and Services | Publication of texts other than advertising texts; publishing of catalogs and brochures, for the purposes of strengthening the presence of French companies abroad; arranging and conducting of press conferences, exhibitions, forums, trade shows, congresses, colloquiums for cultural, educational and training purposes in the field of the international development of French companies including those provided online, via a communication network; training in the technical and technological fields of the international development of French companies; drafting of press releases for the benefit of French companies other than for advertising or publicity purposes; production of radio, television and multimedia programs and related post-production editing of computer formatted text, still or moving images, and musical or non-musical sounds, for interactive or non-interactive use; editing and publishing of educational material; advice to companies with respect to vocational training for the purposes of strengthening and the presence of French companies abroad |
| Description of Mark | The mark consists of the stylized wording "BUSINESS FRANCE" in black with "BUSINESS" stacked over "FRANCE". To the left of the wording is the design of an arrow with arrow shapes at both ends. The top portion of the arrow shape is red and the bottom portion of the arrow shape is blue. The white background is not claimed as a feature of the mark, and the white inside the design element is transparent and not claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Electric and electronic apparatus and instruments, not for medical use, for recording, transmission, reproduction and duplication of sound and images, namely, audio recorders, radios, photo-copying machines; cinematographic machines and apparatus; optical apparatus and instruments, namely, optical inspection apparatus; teaching apparatus and instruments, namely, teaching robots; data processing equipment; computers; computer peripherals; apparatus and instruments for processing multimedia products, namely, computer editing of texts, still and moving images and music and other for interactive use and other related uses; compact audiovisual apparatus, namely, audiovisual receivers, cameras; electronic agendas; downloadable electronic dictionaries; downloadable electronic and digital publications in the nature of the international development of French companies; electronic translating systems, namely, pocket translators; all media for recording, transmission, reproduction and duplication of sound, data or images, namely, blank storage media; pre-recorded or blank video disks and video cassettes featuring the international development of French companies; blank video disks and video cassettes; prerecorded laser cassettes and laser disks featuring the international development of French companies; pre-recorded laser cassettes and laser disks; magnetic tape cassettes and recording discs featuring the international development of French companies; acoustic and audiovisual recordings featuring the international development of French companies; compact digital audio disks featuring the international development of French companies; videodisks featuring the international development of French companies; optical disks featuring the international development of French companies; magnetic cards, namely, gift card, prepaid telephone card; memory cards or integrated circuit cards; video game cartridges; magnetic and electronic pens; computer programs, downloadable, for use in database management, use as a spread sheet, word processing; recorded software on all types of media for use in a database management, use as a spread sheet, word processing; electronic databases and electronic voice databases, namely, downloadable digital voice recording collections, text and sound data banks, image banks in the field of the international development of French companies; all data downloadable onto a computer or a portable telephone; downloadable and recorded software for establishing system for rating export and markets by processing foreign trade statistical data from databanks; downloadable and recorded training software; blank electronic audio, video, digital storage media; all these goods are of French origin or made in France |
| Goods and Services | Telecommunications services, namely, personal communications services; news information agencies, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; news agencies, namely, the transmission of news items to news reporting organizations; communications by computer terminals; radio, telegraph and telephone communications; sending and transmission of telegrams; broadcasting of radio and television programs; electronic and telematic messaging services; telematic services in the nature of sending of information; facsimile transmission; communication services, namely, cable transmission of sounds, images, signals and data; satellite communication services; television programing broadcasting via cable and satellite; computer-aided transmission of images and messages; transmission of data, sounds, images and texts via and on the Internet; correspondence exchange services, namely, electronic transmission of mail and messages; rental of access time to computer or telematic databases and database server centers, to wireless networks, to telephone, mobile telephone, data communication networks, to global communication networks such as the Internet or private or restricted access networks such as intranets, to a global communication server center such as the Internet, to private or restricted access networks such as intranets |
| Goods and Services | Printing products, namely, greeting cards, calendars; publications, namely, newspapers and periodicals, magazines, journals, books, catalogs, brochures, newsletters in the field of the international development of French companies; printed matter, namely, diaries, dictionaries; bookbinding material, namely, cloth, cords, covers; printed photographs; stationery; writing or drawing books; printed notepads; printed notebooks; pens and pen refills; pen holders; pencils; pencil sharpeners; binders and document folders in the nature of file folders; labels, not of textile, namely, blank and partially paper labels, printed address labels; letter trays; bookends; adhesives for stationery or household purposes; stickers and transfers being decalcomanias; artists' materials, namely, art paper, art pads; paintbrushes; drawing pads; typewriters, electric or non-electric and office requisites, except furniture, namely paper trimmers, staplers; printed instructional or teaching material, except apparatus, in the field of the international development of French companies; printing type; printing blocks; articles made of paper or cardboard, namely, printed calendars, agendas, posters and poster bills in the nature of advertising posters, cardboard packaging; plastic materials for packaging, namely, plastic bags and sachets in the nature of envelopes and pouches; all these goods are of French origin or made in France |
| Goods and Services | Insurance services, namely, underwriting, issuance and administration of life, health, accident, fire insurance; banking services; online banking services; real estate affairs, namely, providing real estate listings and real estate information via a website; provident fund services, namely, financial administration of employee pension plans; issuing of travelers' checks and credit cards; real estate appraisals; financial management; real estate services, namely, property management services for condominium associations, homeowner associations and apartment buildings; financing services; financial analysis; financial services, namely, raising equity capital for others; financial consultation; financial evaluation for insurance purposes, financial evaluations for banking purposes, financial evaluation of real estate; funds investment |
| Indication of Colors claimed | The color(s) blue, red, and black is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. |
| Goods and Services | Advertising; business management assistance; business management and organization consultancy; commercial business management; commercial administration of the licensing of development programs of French companies of others, providing office functions; arranging newspaper subscription services for third parties; promotion of business opportunities with French companies abroad; promotion of business exhibitions organized abroad; advertising services, namely, coordinating commercial and advertising actions for preparing and promoting the international development of French companies; business consulting for partnerships in economic and business fields; organization of exhibitions, trade fairs for commercial or advertising purposes; market research; searching for industrial partners in the nature of matching clients with business partners; business advice to companies with respect to management, recruitment and personnel management and corporate management; business inquiries or information; accounting; document reproduction in the nature of digitization of documents; commercial information agencies; personnel recruitment services; personnel placement services; personnel placement of volunteers, in particular volunteers for companies abroad; computer file management; collection of data in a central file, namely, computerized database management; providing commercial and advertising information from online databases; organization of industrial meetings for business purposes as part of development programs of French companies; database management services conducted remotely from computers |
| Goods and Services | Legal services; legal research services; information in the field of legal services and legal research, including those provided online, via a communication network; consultancy and professional assistance relating to legal matters; information, advisory and consultancy services relating to the aforesaid, including those provided online, via a communication network. |
| NOT AVAILABLE | "BUSINESS FRANCE" |
| Goods and Services | Technical writing in the nature of writing technical press kits in the field of the international development of French companies; technical project study in the nature of technical research in the field of the international development of French companies; technical consultancy in the field of engineering; research and development of new products for others; planning for the construction of exhibition stands, namely, exhibition stand design services; creation and maintenance of websites for third parties; Internet site hosting, namely, hosting the web sites of others; secure messaging, namely, providing a website that features technology that enables the secure exchange of information by users; graphic design services in the nature of creating virtual and interactive images by computer engineers; creating in the nature of designing and developing works in the nature of software by computer engineers, and particularly virtual and interactive works in the nature of software; scientific and industrial research (technical research) relating to new information technologies, to computer and communication networks, to virtual and interactive images and communication; computer database design; computer services in the nature of server hosting that enables remote access to telecommunications services; conversion of computer programs and data, other than physical conversion; conversion of documents from a physical medium to an electronic medium |
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
| 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 | Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| 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 | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
| 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 | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 016 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 036 - Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 036 |
| 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 | Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
| 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 | Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 045 - Legal services; security services for the protection of property and individuals; personal and social services rendered by others to meet the needs of individuals. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 6 - Active |
| Class Status Date | Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
| Primary Code | 045 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Party Name | BUSINESS FRANCE |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 99 - Other |
| Address | FR |
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Thursday, September 5, 2024 | SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB |
| Friday, September 6, 2024 | NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED |
| Friday, September 6, 2024 | APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED |
| Monday, November 18, 2024 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
| Wednesday, November 27, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN |
| Thursday, November 28, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW |
| Thursday, December 12, 2024 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB |
| Thursday, December 12, 2024 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU |
| Sunday, December 29, 2024 | REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB |
| Thursday, January 2, 2025 | CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE |
| Thursday, January 2, 2025 | TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED |
| Thursday, January 2, 2025 | TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED |