The trademark application was filed by ORE & METAL COMPANY LTD, a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of South Africa (the "Applicant"). Application under examination.
The application was filed in English (German was selected as the second language).
Goods And Services
The mark was filed in class 6 with following description of goods:
Common metals and their alloys, alloys of metal containing calcium and aluminium
Ores
Metal materials for building and construction
Transportable buildings of metal
Non-electric cables and wires of common metal
Small items of metal hardware
Metal containers for storage or transport
Safes
Aluminium and its alloys
Ceramic reinforced aluminium alloys
Ores of metal
Iron ores
Iron slabs
Iron, unwrought or semi-wrought
Silicon iron
Manganese
Chrome
Chrome iron
Chrome ores
Chromium
Ferrochrome
Ferroalloys
Brass, unwrought or semi-wrought
Brazing alloys
Bronze
Cadmium
Cast iron, unwrought or semi-wrought
Cobalt, raw
Copper, unwrought or semi-wrought
Galena [ore]
Indium
Lead, unwrought or semi-wrought
Limonite
Magnesium
Molybdenum iron
Nickel
Niobium
Steel, unwrought or semi-wrought
Steel alloys
Tantalum [metal]
Titanium
Titanium iron / ferrotitanium
Tungsten
Tungsten iron
Vanadium
Zinc
Zirconium.
The mark was filed in class 14 with following description of goods:
Precious metals and their alloys
Jewellery, precious and semi-precious stones
Horological and chronometric instruments
Gold, unwrought or beaten
Iridium
Osmium
Palladium
Platinum [metal]
Precious metals, unwrought or semi-wrought
Rhodium
Ruthenium
Silver, unwrought or beaten.
The mark was filed in class 35 with following description of goods:
Commodity sales and marketing
Advertising
Business management, organization and administration
Office functions
Marketing services
Advertising, marketing and promotional consultancy, advisory and assistance services
Business assistance, management and administrative services
Business consultancy and advisory services
Business analysis and information services, and market research
The offering for sale and the sale of goods in the wholesale and retail trade, namely common metals and their alloys, alloys of metal containing calcium and aluminium, ores, metal materials for building and construction, transportable buildings of metal, non-electric cables and wires of common metal, small items of metal hardware, metal containers for storage or transport, safes, aluminium and its alloys, ceramic reinforced aluminium alloys, ores of metal, iron ores, iron slabs, iron, unwrought or semi-wrought, silicon iron, manganese, chrome, chrome iron, chrome ores, chromium, ferrochrome, ferroalloys, brass, unwrought or semi-wrought, brazing alloys, bronze, cadmium, cast iron, unwrought or semi-wrought, cobalt, raw, copper, unwrought or semi-wrought, galena [ore] , indium, lead, unwrought or semi-wrought, limonite, magnesium, molybdenum iron, nickel, niobium, steel, unwrought or semi-wrought, steel alloys, tantalum [metal] , titanium, titanium iron / ferrotitanium, tungsten, tungsten iron, vanadium, zinc, zirconium, precious metals and their alloys, jewellery, precious and semi-precious stones, horological and chronometric instruments, gold, unwrought or beaten, iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum [metal], precious metals, unwrought or semi-wrought, rhodium, ruthenium, unwrought or beaten silver
The bringing together, for the benefit of others, of a variety of goods, excluding the transport thereof, enabling customers to conveniently view and purchase those goods, namely common metals and their alloys, alloys of metal containing calcium and aluminium, ores, metal materials for building and construction, transportable buildings of metal, non-electric cables and wires of common metal, small items of metal hardware, metal containers for storage or transport, safes, aluminium and its alloys, ceramic reinforced aluminium alloys, ores of metal, iron ores, iron slabs, iron, unwrought or semi-wrought, silicon iron, manganese, chrome, chrome iron, chrome ores, chromium, ferrochrome, ferroalloys, brass, unwrought or semi-wrought, brazing alloys, bronze, cadmium, cast iron, unwrought or semi-wrought, cobalt, raw
Copper, unwrought or semi-wrought, galena [ore], indium, lead, unwrought or semi-wrought, limonite, magnesium, molybdenum iron, nickel, niobium, steel, unwrought or semi-wrought, steel alloys, tantalum [metal], titanium, titanium iron / ferrotitanium, tungsten, tungsten iron, vanadium, zinc, zirconium, precious metals and their alloys, jewellery, precious and semi-precious stones, horological and chronometric instruments, gold, unwrought or beaten, iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum [metal], precious metals, unwrought or semi-wrought, rhodium, ruthenium, unwrought or beaten silver
Business management of logistics for others
Market research services
Inventory management services
Business intermediary services relating to the matching of potential private investors with entrepreneurs needing funding
Business research
Commercial intermediation services
Consumer information services
Compiling indexes of information for commercial or advertising purposes
Consumer profiling for commercial or marketing purposes
Import-export agency services
Lead generation services
Negotiation and conclusion of commercial transactions for third parties
Negotiation of business contracts for others
Price comparison services
Procurement services for others [purchasing goods and services for other businesses]
Providing commercial information and advice for consumers in the choice of products and services
Sales promotion for others
Sales prospecting for others.
The mark was filed in class 36 with following description of goods:
Financial evaluation of development costs relating to the oil, gas and mining industries
Investment services
Investment management services
Administration of funds and investments
Financial, monetary and banking services
Insurance services
Real estate services
Financing services
Project financing
Loan financing
Commodities financing
Financial brokerage services
Provision of pricing information about commodities.
The mark was filed in class 37 with following description of goods:
Construction services
Installation and repair services of machinery, plant, apparatus, equipment, and instruments for use in mining extraction
Installation, repair and maintenance of smelting furnaces
Repair of installations for use in metal production, metal processing and metal working
Mining extraction, oil and gas drilling
Mining for common metals and their alloys, precious metals, precious stones and semi-precious stones
Excavation services, and extraction of natural resources.
The mark was filed in class 39 with following description of goods:
Transport
Packaging and storage of goods
Travel arrangement
Transportation logistics
Delivery of goods
Freight [shipping of goods]
Guarded transport of valuables
Locating and tracking of cargo for transportation purposes
Providing information relating to storage services
Storage and warehousing of commodities.
The mark was filed in class 40 with following description of goods:
Transformation and treatment of materials
Providing information relating to the treatment of materials in the mining industry
Services for cutting, refining, joining, casting, tempering, shaping, polishing by abrasion, coating and plating of metal materials
Galvanization of metal materials
Metallurgical smelting
The treatment of raw metal and precious metal materials to improve physical or chemical properties especially in preparation for smelting.
The mark was filed in class 42 with following description of goods:
Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto
Industrial analysis, industrial research and industrial design services
Quality control and authentication services
Design and development of computer hardware and software relating to marketing, logistics, supply chain management, and e-business portals in the mining sector
Creating and designing website-based indexes of information for others [information technology services]
Surveying and exploration services
Exploration services in the field of the oil, gas and mining industries.