VERIFIED WAGYU AUSTRALIAN WAGYU ASSOCIATION

What this means for you

Registered since 13 Oct 2026. 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 13 Oct 2032: the §71 affidavit of use).

Record

Serial number

79414735

Registration number

8497488

Mark type

Design + words

Filed

24 Sept 2024

Published for opposition

25 Aug 2026

Registered

13 Oct 2026

Next maintenance filing

§71 affidavit of use, due by 13 Oct 2032 (grace period to 13 Apr 2033)

Attorney of record

Pam Kohli Jacobson

Goods and services

• Class 029 — Meats and processed foods: Meat including fresh and frozen meat; meat products, namely, fresh and frozen meat products in the nature of boneless beef, bone-in beef cuts, beef steaks, beef ribs, beef brisket, tomahawk stakes, minced beef, beef patties, meat portions, meat cuts, meat offal, meatballs; meat extracts for culinary purposes; goods comprising meat, namely, salami, beef jerky, sausages, charcuterie, beef patties, cured meats, smoked meats, salted meats and meat extracts for culinary purposes; prepared meat and prepared meals consisting primarily of meat; all of the foregoing containing wagyu beef.
• Class 031 — Natural agricultural products: Live wagyu cattle; live wagyu cattle breeding stock; animal embryos; frozen bovine embryos.
• Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Providing product information, relating to the sale of cattle, cattle embryos, cattle semen and cattle reproductive material for commercial purposes; auction services; provision of a marketplace for buyers and sellers of goods and services; retail store services and wholesale store services featuring fresh and frozen meat, meat extracts, smallgoods being smoked or cured meats, prepared meats and meals consisting primarily of beef, live beef cattle including beef breeding stock, fresh and frozen animal embryos, fresh and frozen animal semen and genetic material derived from animals, all featuring wagyu beef; retail services provided by means of catalogues ordering services featuring wagyu livestock, semen and embryos; dissemination of catalogues and brochures for commercial purposes featuring wagyu cattle, cattle embryos, cattle semen and cattle reproductive material; sales promotion and marketing services; sales promotion, including sales promotion of wagyu cattle, cattle embryos, cattle semen and cattle reproductive material; organisation of trade shows for advertising and commercial purposes; providing commercial, trade business and marketing information; database management; collection, compilation, inputting, updating, maintaining and analysing business data in a database; advisory and consultancy services in respect of the aforementioned services; providing information regarding the aforementioned services.
• Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Research on livestock breeding in the nature of conducting breeding trials for others; scientific research in the field of genetics; DNA testing services in the nature of DNA parentage verification and Breed Content testing using allele frequencies; scientific research into the breeding of animals; scientific research in the nature of conducting breeding trials for others; animal semen testing services in the nature of DNA parentage verification and Breed Content testing using allele frequencies; testing, analysis and evaluation of the livestock and meat products of others to determine conformity with certification standards; testing, analysis and evaluation of the goods and services of others within an association to determine conformity with certification standards; expert certification being testing, analysis, and evaluation of animal DNA to determine pedigree and conformity with certification standards.
• Class 044 — Medical, beauty and agricultural services: Genetic testing for diseases and illness for medical purposes; agricultural and veterinary information services, namely, providing information in relation to livestock breeding and farming of wagyu beef cattle; veterinary services including artificial insemination.

Owner

• Australian Wagyu Association Limited, AU
• Australian Wagyu Association Limited, AU
• Australian Wagyu Association Limited, AU

Prosecution history

• 13 Oct 2026 — NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
• 13 Oct 2026 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 25 Aug 2026 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
• 25 Aug 2026 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
• 20 Aug 2026 — NOTIFICATION PROCESSED BY IB
• 19 Aug 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
• 05 Aug 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB
• 05 Aug 2026 — NOTICE OF START OF OPPOSITION PERIOD CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB
• 28 Jul 2026 — WITHDRAWN FROM PUB - OG REVIEW QUERY
• 02 Jul 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION - PROCESSED BY IB
• 02 Jul 2026 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
• 26 Jun 2026 — SUSPENSION CHECKED - TO ATTORNEY FOR ACTION
• 15 Jun 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION SENT TO IB
• 15 Jun 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF POSSIBLE OPPOSITION CREATED, TO BE SENT TO IB
• 04 Nov 2025 — TEAS CHANGE OF CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED