ESSENCE HBCU KICKOFF CLASSIC
Live / Applied — Non-final action mailed (as of 10 Sept 2026)
What this means for you
Not registered yet, but its 06 May 2026 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
- 99806603
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 06 May 2026
- Attorney of record
- Daniel P. Mullarkey
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Downloadable audio and video recordings featuring college football games and sporting events associated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and related cultural and entertainment programming; Downloadable video recordings featuring college football games and sporting events associated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), and related cultural and entertainment programming; Downloadable electronic publications in the nature of articles, guides, and programs featuring information in the field of college football, HBCU traditions, and related cultural activities
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: Printed publications, namely, programs and in the fields of college football, HBCU traditions, and fan and community experiences; Printed posters
- Class 025 — Clothing: Clothing, namely, t-shirts, shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, hats, and caps associated with college football and HBCUs
- Class 028 — Toys and sporting goods: Footballs; Sport ball; Toy models; Toy figures; Collectable toy figures; Modeled plastic toy figurines; Miniature toy sports games
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Online retail store services featuring clothing, headwear sporting goods, and consumer merchandise associated with college football and HBCU events
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Organizing community football events; Organization of sporting competitions and events in the field of football; Entertainment services in the nature of college athletes from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) competing in football games; Entertainment services, namely, organizing and conducting an array of athletic events rendered live and recorded for the purpose of distribution through broadcast media; Providing online non-downloadable videos in the field of HBCU football games via a website; Providing a website featuring non-downloadable videos in the field of HBCU football games
Owner
- ESSENCE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Brooklyn, NY, US
Prosecution history
- 10 Sept 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 10 Sept 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 10 Sept 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
- 09 Sept 2026 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
- 31 Jul 2026 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
- 06 May 2026 — APPLICATION FILING RECEIPT MAILED
- 06 May 2026 — NEW APPLICATION ENTERED