The trademark application PAYBACK was filed by PAYBACK GmbH, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on March 5, 2000, and it was registered by office on September 4, 2000 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
Cancellation Proceedings
A total of undefined cancellation proceedings were initiated against the trademark registration in 2000.The first Cancellation was filed by McPayback GmbH (represented by ???) on November 11, 2011 and Final decision on costs – Request withdrawn.
Two renewals of the trademark were recorded, one on February 15, 2009, and the other one on January 9, 2019.
Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 14, 2001. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on July 15, 2007. Application for revocation or for a declaration of invalidity of the trademark registration was recorded on May 12, 2008. Change of name and address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 23, 2008. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on April 12, 2015.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with Visually and/or machine readable data carriers, for entering bonus and premium transactions, in particular credit cards and cheque cards containing machine readable identification data and/or information, in particular magnetic cards and chip cards (smart cards), all the aforesaid data carriers with integrated payment and/or telecommunications functions and data reading apparatus for reading the aforesaid data media..
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Marketing, in particular planning, coordination and support for customer loyalty schemes
Advertising, merchandising (sales promotion), business consultancy in the organisation of customer loyalty schemes, in particular in the field of bonus and premium programmes
Database management for customer loyalty schemes.
The mark was filed in class 36 with Issuing data carriers for entering bonus and premium transactions, in particular credit cards and cheque cards containing machine-readable identification data and/or information, in particular magnetic cards and chip cards (smart cards), included in class 36.
The mark was filed in class 39 with Organisation, booking and arranging of tours and excursions, courier services, escorting of travellers, travel reservation, car rental.
The mark was filed in class 42 with Design of databases and database management for customer loyalty schemes and technical business consultancy for customer loyalty schemes, in particular in the field of bonus and premium programmes, issuing data reading apparatus for reading the data carriers included in class 9..