BLK CHI
Live / Applied — Final refusal mailed (as of 26 Feb 2026)
What this means for you
Not registered yet, but its 17 Jun 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
- 99239166
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 17 Jun 2025
- Attorney of record
- Colleen M. Ganin
Goods and services
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: (Based on Use) Advertising and marketing; Marketing the goods and services of others by means of location-based messaging; Advertising, marketing and promotional services related to all industries for the purpose of facilitating networking and socializing opportunities for business purposes; Promoting public awareness of the interests of the African American community in the greater Chicago metropolitan area; Providing marketing and promotion of special events; Providing on-line web directory services featuring hyperlinks to the websites of others; Providing information, news and commentary in the field of business (Based on Intent to Use) On-line retail store services featuring clothing and hats
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Providing a website featuring non-downloadable articles in the field of black-owned businesses, events, entertainment, and other community news in the greater Chicago metropolitan area; Providing on-line digital publications in the nature of newsletters, blogs, e-guides, social media posts, and web content in the field of community, culture, fashion, beauty, wellness, and news in the greater Chicago metropolitan area via the Internet; Entertainment services in the nature of organizing social entertainment events; Providing on-line magazines in the field of greater Chicago metropolitan area community, culture, and news; On-line journals, namely, blogs featuring black-owned businesses, events, entertainment, and other community news in the greater Chicago metropolitan area; Providing information, news and commentary in the field of current events relating to the black community, fashion, beauty, wellness, culture, and entertainment
Owner
- BLK CHICAGO LLC, Chicago, IL, US
Prosecution history
- 26 Feb 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED
- 26 Feb 2026 — FINAL REFUSAL E-MAILED
- 26 Feb 2026 — FINAL REFUSAL WRITTEN
- 09 Feb 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 09 Feb 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 09 Feb 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
- 10 Nov 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 10 Nov 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 10 Nov 2025 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
- 05 Nov 2025 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
- 24 Oct 2025 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
- 17 Jun 2025 — APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
- 17 Jun 2025 — NEW APPLICATION ENTERED