AKINA WITH LOVE FROM AFRICA
Live / Registered — Registered (as of 19 May 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 19 May 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 19 May 2032: the §8 declaration of use).
Record
- Serial number
- 98341990
- Registration number
- 8264421
- Mark type
- Design + words
- Filed
- 04 Jan 2024
- Published for opposition
- 03 Dec 2024
- Registered
- 19 May 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 declaration of use, due by 19 May 2032 (grace period to 19 Nov 2032)
- Attorney of record
- Andrew S. Rapacke
Goods and services
- Class 030 — Staple foods: Tea; Black tea; Herbal teas
Owner
- Empire Kenya EPZ Ltd, Mombasa, KE
- Empire Kenya EPZ Ltd, Mombasa, KE
- Empire Kenya EPZ Ltd, Mombasa, KE
Prosecution history
- 19 May 2026 — NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
- 19 May 2026 — NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
- 19 May 2026 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 24 Apr 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF STATEMENT OF USE E-MAILED
- 24 Apr 2026 — ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED
- 23 Apr 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 23 Apr 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 23 Apr 2026 — ASSIGNED TO LIE
- 20 Apr 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
- 20 Jan 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 20 Jan 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 20 Jan 2026 — SU - NON-FINAL ACTION - WRITTEN
- 17 Jan 2026 — STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
- 11 Jul 2025 — USE AMENDMENT FILED
- 17 Jan 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO INTENT TO USE PARALEGAL