The trademark application TOUCH CARD was filed by Mastercard International Incorporated, a U.S. corporation (the "Applicant"). Application withdrawn.
The application was filed in English (Italian was selected as the second language).
The Refusal with reference B 018825681 was Rejected according to Article 7(1)(b) EUTMR with decision issued on August 14, 2023 by the EUIPO.
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 9 with following description of goods:
Magnetic encoded cards and cards containing an integrated circuit chip in the nature of smart cards all containing programming used to process payments
Cards encoded with security features for authentication purposes
Cards encoded with security features for identification purposes
Charge cards, bank cards, credit cards, debit cards, chip cards, stored value cards, electronic data carrier cards, payment cards and payment cards all encoded
Banking cards, namely, magnetically encoded banking cards and banking cards using magnetic memories and integrated circuit memories.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial services, namely, transaction and payment processing services, payment verification services, payment card authorization, payment clearance and settlement services between financial institutions, switching services for credit cards, debit cards, charge cards and prepaid cards offered through cards with stored value
Financial services, namely, credit card, debit card, charge card and prepaid card transaction authorization and settlement services
Credit, debit, charge and prepaid card transaction processing services
Cash disbursement via automated teller machines
ATM banking services, namely, processing services for financial transactions by card holders via automatic teller machines
Financial services, namely, the provision of contactless mobile payments processing through merchants at retail, online and wholesale locations