BLACK LABEL
Live / Registered — Registered and renewed (as of 15 Sept 2025)
What this means for you
Registered since 19 Aug 1975. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers; it stays on the register as long as the owner keeps up the maintenance filings (next due by 19 Aug 2035: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 73035008
- Registration number
- 1018473
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 18 Oct 1974
- Registered
- 19 Aug 1975
- Current term from
- 19 Aug 2025
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 19 Aug 2035 (grace period to 19 Feb 2036)
- Attorney of record
- SARAH L. NELSEN
Goods and services
- Class 029 — Meats and processed foods: BACON
Owner
- Hormel Foods, LLC, Austin, MN, US
- HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION, AUSTIN, MN, US
- GEO. A. HORMEL & CO., AUSTIN, MN, US
Board proceedings on this mark
The owner also pleads this mark in 5 other Board proceedings.
Prosecution history
- 15 Sept 2025 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 15 Sept 2025 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (FOURTH RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 15 Sept 2025 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 15 Sept 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 16 May 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 19 Aug 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (10-YR)/SEC. 9 E-MAILED
- 13 Feb 2018 — NOTICE OF SUIT
- 27 Nov 2017 — NOTICE OF SUIT
- 27 Nov 2017 — NOTICE OF SUIT
- 09 Jul 2015 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 9 - E-MAILED
- 09 Jul 2015 — REGISTERED AND RENEWED (THIRD RENEWAL - 10 YRS)
- 09 Jul 2015 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (10-YR) ACCEPTED/SEC. 9 GRANTED
- 09 Jul 2015 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 16 Jun 2015 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 9 RECEIVED
- 31 Oct 2007 — CASE FILE IN TICRS