MTN-I

What this means for you

Not registered yet, but its 03 Oct 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

99427081

Mark type

Stylized text

Filed

03 Oct 2025

Attorney of record

Sarah Parker

Goods and services

• Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Recorded and downloadable computer software for data banks and accessing, processing, analyzing and visualizing big data; recorded and downloadable computer software for use in data exchange, data clean rooms, and secure data sharing; recorded and downloadable computer software for location-based services, mobility modelling and urban planning; data processing apparatus and instruments; downloadable multimedia content; downloadable game programs; computer software and hardware for use in computer-aided software engineering; computer application software for use in implementing the Internet of Things [IoT]; IoT gateways; application software for cloud computing services; recorded and downloadable software applications for data analytics, geospatial analysis and artificial intelligence; mobile applications for data analytics, geospatial analysis and artificial intelligence
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Advertising and promotion services, namely, targeted and location-based advertising; organisation, operation and management of customer loyalty schemes; organisation, operation and supervision of sales and promotional incentive schemes; provision of online platforms for the sale and purchase of goods and services; providing an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; business mentoring and consultancy services in the field of data analytics, data monetization, targeted and location-based advertising, and data-driven decision making; data analytics services for business purposes; business consultancy in the field of data monetisation and data-driven decision making; market research and analysis using geospatial and mobility data; business data analysis and consulting services; data collection, compilation, management and processing; office functions; economic forecasting, market research, market analysis and survey services; publication of business information; compilation of statistical information; provision of trade information; provision of directory services
• Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Financial, monetary and banking services, namely, financial credit scoring services; financial data analysis for the purpose of financial credit scoring; charitable fundraising, namely, organising and managing fundraising initiatives to support community upliftment programmes; facilitating access to financial tools and services, namely, offering digital platforms or solutions for individuals and businesses to manage financial operations and transactions; remittance services; provision of electronic and online financial services, namely, electronic fund transfer services and secure online monetary transaction facilities; issuance of tokens of value as a reward for customer loyalty
• Class 038 — Telecommunications services: Providing access to telecommunication networks, namely, provision of online facilities for the transmission of voice and text via wireless communication networks; geolocation services [telecommunications services]; telecommunications services for location and tracking of persons and objects; tracking of mobile telephones via satellite signals; electronic data transmission; transmission of digital files and data via telecommunications networks; electronic exchange of data stored in databases accessible via telecommunication networks; providing access to platforms for secure data sharing and data clean rooms; telecommunication services for the transmission of geospatial and mobility data; provision of wireless electronic transmission of credit and debit card transaction data and wireless electronic savings and payment data via a global computer network; providing access to digital audio, video and data websites from a database, the internet, or other electronic network; streaming of audio and video material on the internet; transmission of data, audio, video and multimedia files, namely, downloadable files and files streamed over a global computer network
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Providing software as a service (SaaS) for data analytics, geospatial insights, and artificial intelligence (AI)-driven consulting; providing platform as a service (PaaS) for secure data exchange and data clean rooms; scientific and technological consultancy in the field of data, artificial intelligence and geospatial analytics; design and development of computer software for data processing and analytics; hosting platforms for data sharing, analytics, and visualisation; data security services, namely anonymisation and encryption of data; artificial intelligence (AI) as a service [AIaaS] featuring software using artificial intelligence for data exploration, data assessment, data analytics and business analytics; data mining; computerised data storage services; software engineering services; computer services, namely, creating virtual communities for users to participate in discussions, get feedback from their peers, and engage in social, business and community networking; providing non-downloadable e-commerce software to allow users to perform electronic business transactions via global computer network

Owner

• MTN Group Management Services (Proprietary) Limited, Gauteng, ZA

Prosecution history

• 11 Sept 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
• 11 Sept 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
• 11 Sept 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
• 12 Jun 2026 — APPLICATION EXTENSION GRANTED/RECEIPT PROVIDED
• 12 Jun 2026 — APPLICATION EXTENSION TO RESPONSE PERIOD - RECEIVED
• 13 Mar 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 13 Mar 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
• 13 Mar 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
• 23 Feb 2026 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
• 20 Feb 2026 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
• 03 Oct 2025 — APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
• 03 Oct 2025 — NEW APPLICATION ENTERED