BLACKBIRD
Live / Registered — Registered — partial Sections 8 & 15 accepted and acknowledged (as of 09 Jul 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 01 Oct 2019. 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 01 Oct 2029: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 87718892
- Registration number
- 5870844
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 13 Dec 2017
- Published for opposition
- 16 Jul 2019
- Registered
- 01 Oct 2019
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 01 Oct 2029 (grace period to 01 Apr 2030)
- Attorney of record
- Mark D Simpson
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: [ Video codecs in the nature of computer software that compresses or decompresses digital video; video editing software; video publishing software; video players, namely, computer software that plays back videos; computer software and hardware enabling video editors and users to capture, video, film, compress, upload, edit, caption, post, play, display, share, download, broadcast, or narrowcast video content ]
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Advisory and consulting services relating to video editing, video publishing
- Class 042 — Scientific and technological services: Advisory and consulting services relating to the selection, implementation, and use of video player software and computer hardware, namely, hardware enabling video editors and users to capture, video, film, compress, upload, edit, caption, post, play, display, share, download, broadcast, or narrowcast video content, video codecs in the nature of computer software that compresses or decompresses digital video; maintenance and repair of video editing, video publishing and video player software, and video codecs in the nature of computer software that compresses or decompresses digital video; maintenance and repair of software enabling video editors and users to capture, video, film, ingest, compress, upload, edit, caption, post, play, display, share, download, broadcast, or narrowcast video content; provision of video-related online, non-downloadable cloud-based software as a service featuring software for video editing and compressing and decompressing digital video, and backing up video content, authentication, account management and interaction with third party cloud services; providing a platform as a service featuring computer software platforms for enabling users the ability to capture, video, film, compress, upload, edit, post, publish, download, play and share video content; providing a platform as a service featuring computer software platforms for the temporary use of non-downloadable software enabling users to capture, video, film, compress, upload, edit, post, publish, download, play and share video content; providing a website featuring non-downloadable software, enabling users to capture, video, film, compress, upload, edit, post, publish, download, play and share video content; providing online, non-downloadable cloud-hosted video editing software; providing online, non-downloadable cloud-hosted video publishing software; providing online, non-downloadable cloud-hosted video player software; video player services, namely, providing temporary use of online, non-downloadable cloud-based video codec based software services in the nature of computer software that compresses or decompresses digital video
Owner
- BLACKBIRD PLC, LONDON, GB
- BLACKBIRD PLC, LONDON, GB
- Forbidden Technologies plc, London, GB
- Forbidden Technologies plc, London, GB
Prosecution history
- 09 Jul 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 09 Jul 2026 — REGISTERED - PARTIAL SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 08 Jul 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION-POST REG RECEIVED
- 08 Jan 2026 — POST REGISTRATION ACTION MAILED - SEC. 8 & 15
- 08 Jan 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 01 Oct 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 01 Oct 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 01 Oct 2019 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 20 Aug 2019 — POST PUBLICATION AMENDMENT - ENTERED
- 19 Aug 2019 — ASSIGNED TO PETITION STAFF
- 30 Jul 2019 — TEAS POST PUBLICATION AMENDMENT RECEIVED
- 16 Jul 2019 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 16 Jul 2019 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 26 Jun 2019 — ASSIGNMENT OF OWNERSHIP NOT UPDATED AUTOMATICALLY
- 26 Jun 2019 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED