AFRICATOWN Trademark
Trademark Overview
On Wednesday, October 1, 1997, a trademark application was filed for AFRICATOWN with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO has given the AFRICATOWN trademark a serial number of 75366185. The federal status of this trademark filing is ABANDONED - FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE as of Tuesday, March 23, 1999. This trademark is owned by MelaNet. The AFRICATOWN trademark is filed in the Computer & Software Products & Electrical & Scientific Products, Advertising, Business and Retail Services, Insurance & Financial Services, Communication Services, Transportation & Storage Services, Education & Entertainment Services, and Computer & Software Services & Scientific Services categories with the following description:
Computer software, namely, development, marketing, and distribution of database and other software with respect to electronic publishing, electronic commerce, economic development, business and capital formation, investment opportunities, business management and operation, neighborhood redevelopment, and other topics relating to community, economic, and business development
Business management services providing business formation, incubation, operation, management, administration, expertise, advice and training to small- and medium-size business enterprises in low-income neighborhoods and elsewhere
Financial services providing research, analysis of and advice on neighborhood-specific data as it relates to investment opportunities in telecommunications/networking, health care, education, banking, insurance, financial services, housing, commercial real estate, and transportation in low-income neighborhoods and elsewhere; and providing venture capital and other funding to for-profit businesses in low-income neighborhoods and elsewhere for the aforementioned investment opportunities
Telecommunications services that allow a person to talk to another, transmitting messages from one person to another, and placing a person in oral or visual communication with another via radio or television
Transportation services that are connected with the hiring of transport vehicles (eg taxi service and travel agencies (excludes reservations to hotels by travel agents)
Education services providing classes, on-line distance learning and other information, ideas, skills, tools, and training to neighborhood entrepreneurs, residents, and others with respect to employment skills, electronic publishing, electronic commerce, economic development, business and capital formation, investment opportunities, business management and operation, neighborhood redevelopment, and other topics relating to community, economic, and business development
Information services which create global, wide area and local area networks that provide information with respect to electronic publishing, electronic commerce, economic development, business and capital formation, investment opportunities, business management and operation, neighborhood redevelopment, and other topics relating to community, economic, and business development
General Information
| Serial Number | 75366185 |
| Word Mark | AFRICATOWN |
| Filing Date | Wednesday, October 1, 1997 |
| Status | 602 - ABANDONED - FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE |
| Status Date | Tuesday, March 23, 1999 |
| Registration Number | 0000000 |
| Registration Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| Mark Drawing | 1000 - Typeset: Word(s) / letter(s) / number(s) |
| Published for Opposition Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
Trademark Statements
| Goods and Services | Computer software, namely, development, marketing, and distribution of database and other software with respect to electronic publishing, electronic commerce, economic development, business and capital formation, investment opportunities, business management and operation, neighborhood redevelopment, and other topics relating to community, economic, and business development |
| Goods and Services | Business management services providing business formation, incubation, operation, management, administration, expertise, advice and training to small- and medium-size business enterprises in low-income neighborhoods and elsewhere |
| Goods and Services | Financial services providing research, analysis of and advice on neighborhood-specific data as it relates to investment opportunities in telecommunications/networking, health care, education, banking, insurance, financial services, housing, commercial real estate, and transportation in low-income neighborhoods and elsewhere; and providing venture capital and other funding to for-profit businesses in low-income neighborhoods and elsewhere for the aforementioned investment opportunities |
| Goods and Services | Telecommunications services that allow a person to talk to another, transmitting messages from one person to another, and placing a person in oral or visual communication with another via radio or television |
| Goods and Services | Transportation services that are connected with the hiring of transport vehicles (eg taxi service and travel agencies (excludes reservations to hotels by travel agents) |
| Goods and Services | Education services providing classes, on-line distance learning and other information, ideas, skills, tools, and training to neighborhood entrepreneurs, residents, and others with respect to employment skills, electronic publishing, electronic commerce, economic development, business and capital formation, investment opportunities, business management and operation, neighborhood redevelopment, and other topics relating to community, economic, and business development |
| Goods and Services | Information services which create global, wide area and local area networks that provide information with respect to electronic publishing, electronic commerce, economic development, business and capital formation, investment opportunities, business management and operation, neighborhood redevelopment, and other topics relating to community, economic, and business development |
| Pseudo Mark | AFRICA TOWN |
Classification Information
| International Class | 009 - Scientific, nautical, surveying, photographic, cinematographic, optical, weighing, measuring, signalling, checking (supervision), life-saving and teaching apparatus and instruments; apparatus and instruments for conducting, switching, transforming, accumulating, regulating or controlling electricity; apparatus for recording, transmission or reproduction of sound or images; magnetic data carriers, recording discs; automatic vending machines and mechanisms for coin operated apparatus; cash registers, calculating machines, data processing equipment and computers; fire extinguishing apparatus. |
| US Class Codes | 021, 023, 026, 036, 038 |
| Class Status Code | 8 - Abandoned |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, August 4, 1999 |
| Primary Code | 009 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 035 - Advertising; business management; business administration; office functions. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 8 - Abandoned |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, August 4, 1999 |
| Primary Code | 035 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 036 - Insurance; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 102 |
| Class Status Code | 8 - Abandoned |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, August 4, 1999 |
| Primary Code | 036 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 038 - Services allowing people to communicate with another by a sensory means. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 104 |
| Class Status Code | 8 - Abandoned |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, August 4, 1999 |
| Primary Code | 038 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 039 - Transport; packaging and storage of goods; travel arrangement. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 105 |
| Class Status Code | 8 - Abandoned |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, August 4, 1999 |
| Primary Code | 039 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 041 - Education; providing of training; entertainment; sporting and cultural activities. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101, 107 |
| Class Status Code | 8 - Abandoned |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, August 4, 1999 |
| Primary Code | 041 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| International Class | 042 - Scientific and technological services and research and design relating thereto; industrial analysis and research services; design and development of computer hardware and software. |
| US Class Codes | 100, 101 |
| Class Status Code | 8 - Abandoned |
| Class Status Date | Wednesday, August 4, 1999 |
| Primary Code | 042 |
| First Use Anywhere Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
| First Use In Commerce Date | NOT AVAILABLE |
Trademark Owner History
| Party Name | MelaNet |
| Party Type | 10 - Original Applicant |
| Legal Entity Type | 03 - Corporation |
| Address | Norfolk, VA 23508 |
Trademark Events
| Event Date | Event Description |
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 | ABANDONMENT - FAILURE TO RESPOND OR LATE RESPONSE |
| Tuesday, March 23, 1999 | PREVIOUS ACTION COUNT WITHDRAWN |
| Wednesday, July 1, 1998 | NON-FINAL ACTION MAILED |
| Thursday, June 25, 1998 | ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER |
