AFRO LA.
Live / Applied — Final refusal mailed (as of 25 Feb 2026)
What this means for you
Not registered yet, but its 13 Feb 2024 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
- 98404105
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 13 Feb 2024
- Attorney of record
- Matthew S. Makover
Goods and services
- Class 038 — Telecommunications services: Electronic transmission of articles, blogs, and multimedia content in the fields of news, journalism, community issues, and social justice, told through the lens of the black community; electronic transmission of messages and data, namely, transmission of messages and multimedia content in the fields of news, journalism, community issues, and social justice, told through the lens of the black community.
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Providing a website featuring online non-downloadable digital publications, namely, articles, blogs, and multimedia content in the fields of news, journalism, community issues, and social justice, told through the lens of the black community; Organizing and conducting educational events in the nature of workshops, seminars, and book clubs in the fields of news, journalism, community issues, and social justice
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Providing a website featuring technology that enables users to transmit messages and multimedia content in the fields of news, journalism, community issues, and social justice, told through the lens of the black community.
Owner
- AfroLA Media Group, Los Angeles, CA, US
Prosecution history
- 25 Feb 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED
- 25 Feb 2026 — FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED
- 25 Feb 2026 — FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN
- 26 Jan 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 26 Jan 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 26 Jan 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
- 28 Oct 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 28 Oct 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 28 Oct 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
- 24 Mar 2025 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 24 Mar 2025 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 24 Mar 2025 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
- 23 Dec 2024 — APPLICATION EXTENSION GRANTED/RECEIPT PROVIDED
- 23 Dec 2024 — APPLICATION EXTENSION TO RESPONSE PERIOD - RECEIVED
- 23 Sept 2024 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED