SIGNPOST FOR AFRICA

Live / Allowed — Publication / registration review complete (as of 18 Mar 2026)

What this means for you

Approved and waiting on proof of use. It will register unless the applicant drops it, and its 01 Aug 2025 filing date already counts against anyone who files later.

Record

Serial number
79434843
Mark type
Design + words
Filed
01 Aug 2025
Published for opposition
07 Apr 2026
Attorney of record
Erica W. Stump

Goods and services

  • Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Raising awareness, namely, promoting public awareness of the needs of children in Africa through promotional and informational activities
  • Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Charitable fund raising; organization of monetary collections, namely, accepting and administering monetary charitable contributions; arranging of financing for humanitarian projects; organising of charitable collections, namely, accepting and administering monetary charitable contributions; arranging of funds, namely, charitable fundraising, for overseas aid projects; charitable services, namely financial services in the nature of financial sponsorship of charitable events; charitable fundraising services for underprivileged children; eleemosynary services in the field of monetary donations; arranging charitable fundraising activities, namely, financial consultancy in the field of planned donations for charitable organizations; arranging fundraising, namely, accepting and administering monetary charitable contributions; organization of monetary collections, namely, accepting and administering monetary charitable contributions; providing educational scholarships; providing college scholarships; project financing; financing of development projects, namely, charitable services in the nature of granting funds to schools and educational programs; charitable fundraising for the promotion of social and economic well-being in Africa; financing of development projects focused on the improvement of living conditions for children in Africa
  • Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Arranging teaching programmes, namely, developing educational curriculum for teachers and volunteers; organising of educational lectures in the field of community development, humanitarian aid, and children's welfare; organisation of educational events, namely, organization of educational conferences and exhibitions in the field of children's education and social development; conducting of instructional, educational and training courses in the field of community development, humanitarian aid, and life skills, for young people and adults; educational instruction, namely, providing classroom and online instruction in the field of literacy, health education, and social development; education, namely, providing tutoring services in the field of literacy, mathematics, and life skills, and instruction, namely, conducting distance learning instruction in the field of community development and humanitarian assistance; education and training services, namely, educational programmes for volunteers in the nature of training in humanitarian aid delivery and community support programs; publication of books; publication of educational books; publishing of instructional books; photography; publication of photographs, namely, publication of photography books and online photographic publications; school services for the teaching of art, namely, providing art education classes and workshops; conducting of performing arts entertainment, namely, providing live musical and theatrical performances for educational and cultural purposes; music publishing services

Owner

Prosecution history

  • 01 Apr 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
  • 13 Mar 2026 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
  • 09 Mar 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
  • 09 Mar 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
  • 09 Mar 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
  • 05 Feb 2026 — REFUSAL PROCESSED BY IB
  • 21 Jan 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED - REFUSAL SENT TO IB
  • 21 Jan 2026 — REFUSAL PROCESSED BY MPU
  • 18 Dec 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION (IB REFUSAL) PREPARED FOR REVIEW
  • 17 Dec 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
  • 16 Dec 2025 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
  • 17 Oct 2025 — APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
  • 17 Oct 2025 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
  • 16 Oct 2025 — SN ASSIGNED FOR SECT 66A APPL FROM IB

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