The trademark application BRAND ENHANCEMENT by KURZ was filed by Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG, a corporation established under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on February 24, 2014, and it was registered by office on June 3, 2014 without any oppositions.
The application was filed in German (English was selected as the second language).
The renewal of the trademark was recorded by the office on August 28, 2024.
of the trademark registration was recorded on August 28, 2024. Change of name and professional address of the trademark registration was recorded on November 28, 2022.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 7 with following description of goods:
Embossing tools, embossing rollers, stencils for embossing, embossing moulds, being machine parts
Stencils, being machine parts
Compressing tools, being machine parts
Mechanically driven devices for stamping, in particular hot stamping or cold stamping
Machines for plastics processing, paper processing and foil processing
Film-overlay machines for covering the surfaces of articles of substrates with films having patterns, decorations, structures and/or functional textures
Embossing stamps and dies (parts of machines).
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Magnetic, optical or electronic information carriers in the form of foil strips, stickers, labels, vignettes, tapes, tags, coins, discs and cards
All the aforesaid goods containing encoding means, optical diffraction structures, holographic structures or combinations thereof, for use as identification means, authentication means or as a substitute for money, or for use as banknotes or payment means
Encoded identification means and authentication means, namely foil webs and foil strips, stickers, labels, tapes, threads, discs, cards or plates with magnetically, optically or electrically conductive structures for the storage, processing and/or display of information
Electric and/or electronic and/or optical and/or optoelectronic circuits, in particular in the form of foil webs and foil strips, stickers, labels, tapes, threads, discs, cards or plates, all with microprocessors, printed coils and printed circuits, all for use 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 as identification means or authentication means
Optical security features for banknotes
Integrated circuits and electronic components, namely printed circuits, foil webs and foil strips, stickers, labels, tapes, threads, discs or cards made from polymers
Optoelectronic energy converters, solar cells, light-emitting diodes or laser diodes
Antennas
Optical displaying devices, namely LCD displays and organic light-emitting diodes
Including all the aforesaid goods being encodable and with optically active interference layers, polarisation layers and/or liquid crystal layers and/or with optically active spatial structures
Magnetic, optical, electric and electronic components and elements in the form of foil webs and foil strips, stickers, labels, tapes, threads, discs, cards or plates, being encoded or provided with optical structures, for the storage, processing and/or display of information
Identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money, namely data carriers, being encoded or provided with optical structures, in the form of tokens, cards, discs, magnetic discs, stamps, plates, tags, tapes, as well as sheets and films of plastic, synthetic materials, paper or metal
Embossing stamps, sheets and films of metal, being encoded or provided with optical structures, being identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money
Covers and sleeves, dimensionally stable sleeves of plastic, other than for packaging, embossing films, namely hot embossing films and laminating films, including in the form of tapes, other than for packaging, all the aforesaid goods containing encoding means, optical diffraction structures, holographic structures or combinations thereof, for use as identification means, authentication means or as a substitute for money, or for use as banknotes or payment means
Electronic security tags for goods
Electrical and optical data processing equipment
Banknote testers
Programmable electronic controls, electric switching devices for security installations, electric components, included in class 9
Magnetic data carries
Computer hardware
Peripheral equipment for computers
Portable small computers, mobile telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs)
Portable data processing equipment and testing apparatus
Electronic databases and computer databases (software)
Computer software, in particular computer database software and client software for accessing databases
Computer software for checking the authenticity of goods and documents, for tracking goods and documents and for authenticity and identity testing
Computer software for database management
Computer software for encryption and decryption of information and data
Downloadable electronic documentation and publications
Electric installations for the control and remote control of industrial installations and machines.
The mark was filed in class 16 with following description of goods:
Stickers, labels, stamps, vignettes, packaging covers and packaging sleeves of paper or plastic or synthetic materials, namely bags, foils, sleeves and envelopes
Sheets, covers, cards and sleeves
All the aforesaid goods containing encoding means and/or optical diffraction structures and/or holographic structures
Embossing films, namely hot embossing films and cold embossing films, mainly of paper, for decoration, and for identification means or authentication means or substitutes for money, or for use as banknotes or payment means
Stickers, embossing films, transfer foils and laminating films and foil strips
Paper with UV curing adhesives for cold stamping
Labels of paper or mainly of paper
Vignettes mainly of paper
Identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money, namely non-electronic and non-encoded data carriers in the form of tags, cards, discs, tabs and tapes of paper, and sheets and foils of paper or plastic
Embossing films and transfer films for packaging purposes, namely films consisting of a carrier film which is mainly made of plastic, and at least one transfer layer, which can be detached from the carrier film and applied to a substrate
Embossing films for packaging purposes, namely hot embossing films and cold embossing films, consisting of a carrier film, which is mainly made of plastic, and a useable layer that comes away from the latter on embossing for application onto a substrate
Lettering, labels, stamps, seals, bands, sheets and films of paper, being identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money
Embossing films for packaging purposes for the aforesaid identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money
Materials for packaging of paper, synthetic materials or plastic (included in class 16)
Self-adhesive films for packaging purposes, laminates of synthetic materials, embossing films
Paper, cardboard and goods made from theses 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
Stencils.
The mark was filed in class 17 with following description of goods:
Laminating films, namely plastic laminating films, consisting of a carrier film for lamination onto a substrate, the carrier film being provided with decorative elements, identification elements and/or authentication elements
Embossing films, transfer films and laminating films and foil strips, consisting mainly of plastic
Transfer films, namely plastic films, consisting of a carrier film which is mainly made of plastic, and at least one transfer layer, which can be detached from the carrier film and applied to a substrate
Plastics in extruded form for use in manufacture, namely self-adhesive films, sheets, plastic laminates, laminating films, embossing films for surface decoration and for identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money, or for use as banknotes or payment means
Security threads of plastic in the form of narrow embossing films, transfer films or laminated foil strips
Laminated foils consisting mainly of plastic, with or without a metal layer for application to a substrate
Films predominantly of plastic, for use as optical security devices
Tapes, and sheets and films of plastic for identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money
Laminated, agglomerated goods of plastic
Semi-finished products, namely self-adhesive films, plastic laminates, embossing films for the aforesaid identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money
Self-adhesive plastic films, plastic laminates, embossing films of plastic.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Collating, compiling, systemisation, updating and maintenance of data and information in computer databases, in particular of data relating to the checking of inventory, the authenticity of goods and documents, the tracking of goods and documents and authenticity and identity testing
Computer-aided organisational and professional business data checking and data analysis
Compilation, systematisation and updating of data in computer databases
Management (computerized file -)
Business enquiries regarding the movement of goods, including by means of databases and by means of Internet portals.
The mark was filed in class 38 with following description of goods:
Telecommunications
Providing and arranging of access to electronic communications networks and electronic databases, in particular to databases for checking inventories and the authenticity of goods and documents, for tracking goods and documents and for authenticity and identity testing
Communications for the electronic transmission of data and for accessing databases for obtaining information
Transmitting data on the Internet
Providing temporary access to non-downloadable software via computer networks, intranets and the Internet for tracking and processing of deliveries and goods flows, and for checking inventories and the authenticity of goods and documents, for tracking goods and documents and for authenticity and identity testing.
The mark was filed in class 39 with following description of goods:
Transportation information
Consultancy relating to the transport and storage of goods
Tracking and tracing (shipment tracking) of deliveries and goods
Consultancy regarding the tracking and tracing (shipment tracking) of deliveries and goods
Computer-aided management of stock and inventories and goods flows (shipment tracking and control in the field of warehousing, logistics and transport)
Providing of information, including by means of databases, relating to the location, transport (logistics in the transport sector) and stock level of goods.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Technical consultancy in relation to surface decoration and/or surface coating using embossed films, transfer films and laminating films
Technical consultancy in relation to transferring patterns, decorations, structures and/or functional textures
Technical consultancy relating to options for using identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money, in particular data carriers and data media in the form of foil strips, foil webs and foil tapes, stickers, lettering, labels, threads, plates, tokens, tags, stamps, seals, cards, discs, tabs, bands, and sheets and foils of plastic, paper or metal
Technical consultancy relating to options for using and applying security elements in the form of foil strips, foil webs and foil tapes, stickers, labels, threads, tags, tapes, sheets and foils of plastic, paper or metal on goods, banknotes or payment means, in particular for increasing anti-forgery security
Technical consultancy with regard to options for using substitutes for money, namely data carriers, including tokens, cards, discs, tags, bands, sheets and films of plastic, paper or metal
Technical planning of security systems using optical means for authenticating products
Technical consultancy in the field of the use of identification means, authentication means and substitutes for money, namely data carriers, including tokens, tags, tapes, sheets and films of synthetic materials, paper or metal
Technical planning of security systems for access control, for real-time control of documents, money and securities, and for data protection
Computer-aided technical data analysis and data conversion
Computer consultancy (computer hardware/software) and IT consultancy
Data warehousing
Services for the updating of information on computers
Professional consultancy relating to data processing
Development and creation, maintenance and updating of computer programs for data processing, in particular relating to databases
Development of systems (computer hardware and software) for data processing, data storage and data transmission, in particular in relation to databases
Encryption, decryption and authentication of information and data
Time-sharing (rental) for data processing equipment
Technical consultancy regarding computer security and data protection