BAYOBAB

What this means for you

Not registered yet, but its 12 Apr 2022 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

97359317

Mark type

Design + words

Filed

12 Apr 2022

Published for opposition

21 Jan 2025

Attorney of record

Jeffrey A. Smith

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Computer hardware; data processing equipment, namely calculating machines and computers; downloadable computer software for business-to-business wholesale digital infrastructure services in the field of telecommunications; downloadable communication software for providing access to the Internet; downloadable computer application software for mobile phones for accessing information directories that may be downloaded from a global computer network and downloadable e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via global computer network; telecommunications and communications equipment, apparatus and instruments, namely computer hardware for telecommunications; data communication apparatus and instruments, namely, portable electronic devices to access the Internet wirelessly in the nature of mobile phones, laptops, modems and routers; aerials and antennas for telecommunications; telecommunications cables; telecommunications hardware and installations namely telecommunication line integrity testing apparatus, devices for transporting and aggregating voice, data, and video communications across multiple network infrastructures and communications protocol, telecommunication exchangers, cables, transmitters, switches and towers; cellular telecommunications apparatus, namely mobile phones and smart phones; electrical transformers, capacitors and resistors for telecommunication apparatus; optical fiber telecommunications apparatus, namely optical fiber cables, fiber optic couplings; fiber optic connectors for telecommunications apparatus; memory apparatus for telecommunications network management and design in the nature of computer memory devices and memory cards; telecommunications products, namely, computer control hardware for use in wireless communications systems; routers; modems; telecommunication couplers; telecommunication modular plugs; transceivers; wireless transceivers; teleconferencing telephones; telephone answering machines; internet telephones; wireless telephones; cell phones; smart phones; earphones and antennae for cordless and wireless telephones; communication apparatus and instruments for wireless internet access and online streaming, namely digital media streaming devices, modems, routers and smartphones; hands-free devices for car telephones and mobile telephones; in-car telephone handset cradles; mobile phone cases; magnetically encoded cards; smart cards; holograms; magnetic telephone cards; magnetic telephone credit cards; magnetic credit cards; magnetic debit cards; magnetic, digital and optical data carriers, recording and storage media sold blank and also pre-recorded with information in the field of telecommunications; recording discs sold blank; compact discs sold blank; DVDs and digital recording media featuring instructional material in the field of telecommunications; machine readable media featuring instructional material in the field of telecommunications; downloadable digital video, and data provided from a computer database or the internet featuring instructional material in the field of telecommunications; satellite receiving and transmission apparatus and instruments; television apparatus and instruments; radio and television broadcasting transmitters and receivers; apparatus in the nature of mobile phones, laptops, tablets, computers and televisions for access to broadcast or transmitted programmes; programmed-data-carrying electronic circuits; electronic and satellite navigational and positional apparatus and instruments, namely, global positioning systems
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Advertising and promotion services; providing information about products via telecommunication networks for advertising and sales purposes; mobile advertising services on telecommunication apparatus; loyalty card services namely, promoting the goods and services of others by administering a loyalty rewards card scheme; business organization, operation and management of customer loyalty schemes; business organisation, operation and supervision of sales and promotional incentive schemes; arranging subscriptions to telecommunication services for others; retail, wholesale, franchising and merchandising services namely, retail and wholesale store services featuring telecommunications equipment, apparatus and infrastructure; offering for sale and the sale of goods and services in the retail and wholesale trade namely, retail and wholesale store services featuring telecommunications equipment, apparatus and infrastructure; the bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods and services enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods and services, including such services provided on-line from a computer database, the internet or other electronic networks; provision of online platforms for the sale and purchase of goods and services in the field of telecommunications equipment; arranging and conducting of exhibitions for business purposes; business management; business administration; business research; business strategy and planning services; business information and advisory services; economic forecasting for business purposes, marketing, market research, market analysis and survey services; publication of business information; compilation of statistical information for business purposes; provision of trade information for business purposes; provision of business directory services
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto namely, industrial analysis and research services in the field of information technology and telecommunications; scientific research in the field of telecommunications technology; technical design and planning of telecommunication equipment and networks; design and development of computer hardware and software; telecommunications engineering, namely, custom design and engineering of telephony, connectivity, communication and fibre optics systems; design and development of telecommunication apparatus, products and software; application service provider (APS), namely, providing, hosting, managing, developing, and maintaining applications, software, web sites, and databases in the fields of wireless communication, mobile information access, and remote data management for wireless delivery of content to handheld computers, laptops and mobile electronic devices; providing temporary use of online non-downloadable software and applications for instant messaging, voice over internet protocol (VOIP), video conferencing, and audio conferencing; information technology (IT) services; providing an online network service that enables users to transfer and share personal identity data among multiple online facilities; providing information technology information from searchable indexes and databases of information, including text, electronic documents, databases, graphics, electronic media, photographic images and audio visual information, on computer and communication networks; providing temporary use of non-downloadable software applications for social networking, creating a virtual community, and transmission of audio, video, photographic images, text, graphics and data; providing online computer facilities that gives users the ability to upload, modify and share audio, video, photographic images, text, graphics and data; digital imaging services related to digitalization and scanning of images as well as rendering of computer graphics; providing online non-downloadable e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via global computer network; computer services, in particular, application service provider featuring application programming interface (API) software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via a global computer network; software as a service (SAAS) services featuring software for sending electronic message alerts, for transmitting orders, sending and receiving electronic messages, allowing users to perform electronic business transactions and stream and download audio and video content via a global computer network; provision of a website featuring technology in the nature of online non-downloadable platforms for the sale and purchase of goods and services in the field of telecommunications equipment

Owner

• MTN GlobalConnect Solutions Limited, Dubai, AE
• MTN GlobalConnect Solutions Limited, Dubai, AE

Prosecution history

• 18 Mar 2026 — NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED
• 17 Mar 2026 — SOU EXTENSION 2 GRANTED
• 17 Mar 2026 — SOU EXTENSION 2 FILED
• 17 Mar 2026 — SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED
• 19 Sept 2025 — NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF EXTENSION REQUEST E-MAILED
• 18 Sept 2025 — SOU EXTENSION 1 GRANTED
• 18 Sept 2025 — SOU EXTENSION 1 FILED
• 18 Sept 2025 — SOU TEAS EXTENSION RECEIVED
• 18 Mar 2025 — NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
• 21 Jan 2025 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
• 21 Jan 2025 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
• 15 Jan 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
• 24 Oct 2024 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 24 Oct 2024 — EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
• 24 Oct 2024 — NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED