The trademark application ppro was filed by PPRO Financial Limited, a corporation established under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the "Applicant"). The application was published for oppositions on August 10, 2021, and it was registered by office on November 17, 2021 without any oppositions.
It was designated 'Basic Application' for International Application 1651468 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The application was filed in English (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Magnetic data carriers
Encoded service, credit, cash, prepaid and e-money cards
Computer software for processing electronic payments and transferring funds to and from others
Authentication software.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Economic and organisational business consulting and project management for the implementation, operation and further development and marketing of micro-accounting systems and e-money solutions to enable the provisioning and use of services on the internet (as well as via mobile and fixed network telephones)
Offering administration and marketing platforms for banking or financial internet services
Cross-marketing of related products
Business investigations, verifications and information, in particular identity, address, e-mail and telephone number verification
Tracking, analyzing, forecasting and reporting e-money cardholder purchase behaviour
Promoting the sale of the goods and services of others by means of rewards and incentives generated in connection with the use of electronic money payment cards
Administration of loyalty and rewards programs
Marketing studies
Retail services provided on-line and via telephone (including mobile) networks or other electronic means using electronically digitised information in relation to electronic cards, encoded cards, credit cards, debit cards, cash cards, identity cards, loyalty cards, magnetic cards, microchip cards, computer software and hardware for facilitating payment transactions by electronic means, electronic payment terminals, apparatus for electronic payment processing
E-commerce provider services, namely order placement and order delivery services and invoice management for e-money payment systems.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Insurance
Financial affairs
Monetary affairs
Real estate affairs
Financial services (including e-money), especially with prepaid e-money card services like issuing of (prepaid) virtual and physical credit and debit payroll, gift, corporate expense, general spend, money transfer, travel-forex, stored value, payroll, affiliate commission and instant issue cards
Virtual and physical card account creation
Loading and card-to-card transfers
Electronic wallet creation and management
Localised card funding or loading options
Card to card transfer and mobile banking and payments as well as real time transaction authorisation, processing and reconciliation and automated card and pin issuing and distribution
Financial and insurance services in relation to fraud protection and prevention
Online payment methods and e-money issuing
Virtual and physical card account creation as well as automated KYC/ID verification system for e-money
Offering e-money accounts and e-money wallets as well as automated voucher systems
Services in financial and monetary matters, especially services by electronic commerce providers, such as order-entry and shipping services as well as billing for electronic ordering systems
Financial transactions by transfer of payment flows on the internet
Financial services within the operation of micro-accounting systems for the provisioning and use of services on the internet (as well as via mobile and fixed-network telephones)
Client profile information services, and related switching, gateway, settlement/reconciliation, and funds movement services in the field of payment cards, electronic payment processing services, value exchange services
Secure electronic cash transactions and electronic cash transmissions, over public computer networks to facilitate electronic commerce
Electronic funds transfer
Financial records management
Electronic funds transfer and currency exchange services
Financial assessment and risk management services for others in the field of e-money and consumer credit and debit transactions
The provision of financial services for the support of retail services provided through mobile telecommunications means, namely, payment services through wireless devices
The provision of financial services for the support of retail services provided on-line, through electronic networks
Financial analysis and consultation
Processing of financial transactions both on-line via a computer database or via telecommunications and at point of sale
Payer authentication services
Verification of financial information
Maintenance of financial records
Remote payment services
Stored value e-money wallet services, e-wallet account services, namely the provision of online electronic money accounts and services for consumers and online merchants whereby consumers fund their e-wallet accounts and consumers and online merchants (businesses) send and receive payments and remittances over an online network
E-money account processing, namely providing the consumers of merchants (businesses) who pay for goods using credit cards, debit cards or other prepaid payment cards with an e-wallet account for use in making secure payments to that business for future businesses
Payment processing facilities or payment service provider services to on-line and other merchants (businesses)
Business consulting in financial matters
Banking and finance services used via mobile telecommunication facilities (also payments and mobile authentication).
The mark was filed in class 38 with Added-value telecommunications services included in class 38, in relation to providing mobile money through mobile devices and Network-based added-value telecommunications services included in class 38..
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific and technological services
Design and development of computer hardware and software, especially software development of programmes for the handling of accounting systems and payment flows on the internet
Technical development, programming, software development and software maintenance for the development, implementation, operation and further development of payment and micro-accounting systems to enable the provisioning and use of services on the internet (as well as via mobile and fixed-network phones)
Technical consultation services in the fields of computer programming, financial computer networks, data processing, secure communications, support and consultation services for managing computer systems, databases and applications
Graphic design for the compilation of web pages on the internet
The designing, creation and hosting of payment websites.