FONICA
Live / Applied — Non-final action mailed (as of 14 Mar 2026)
What this means for you
Not registered yet, but its 30 Sept 2025 filing date beats anything filed after it. If it registers, the owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.
Record
- Serial number
- 79439713
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 30 Sept 2025
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Downloadable computer software for discovering music; downloadable computer software for aggregating and viewing music reviews; downloadable computer software for providing information and personalised recommendations on music, artists, albums and playlists; mobile applications for discovering music; mobile applications for aggregating and viewing music reviews; mobile applications for providing information and personalised recommendations on music, artists, albums and playlists; software for streaming music; software for sharing music; software for rating music; downloadable software for accessing music-related content; downloadable software for accessing social networking services in the field of music.
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Entertainment services in the nature of music curation; entertainment services in the nature of music recommendation; entertainment services in the nature of music discovery; providing information regarding music via a global computer network; providing reviews regarding music via a global computer network; providing recommendations regarding music via a global computer network; providing information regarding artists via a global computer network; providing information regarding albums via a global computer network; providing information regarding playlists via a global computer network; music entertainment services provided via a website; music entertainment services provided via a mobile application; providing non-downloadable digital music via the internet; providing non-downloadable music videos via the internet; entertainment services in the nature of compiling music charts; entertainment services in the nature of publishing playlists.
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Software as a Service (SaaS) namely software for discovering music; SaaS namely software for aggregating and viewing music reviews; SaaS namely software for providing information and personalised recommendations on music, artists, albums and playlists; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for streaming music; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for sharing music; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for reviewing music; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software for rating music; hosting platforms for music curation and discovery; hosting online tools for music recommendation and discovery; design and development of software for music recommendation engines; design and development of platforms for social features related to music.
Owner
- FONICA LIMITED, NZ
Prosecution history
- 02 Apr 2026 — REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB
- 14 Mar 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB
- 14 Mar 2026 — REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU
- 11 Feb 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW
- 10 Feb 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
- 04 Feb 2026 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
- 29 Dec 2025 — APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
- 29 Dec 2025 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
- 18 Dec 2025 — SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB