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Live / Registered — Registered (as of 21 Jul 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 21 Jul 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 21 Jul 2032: the §8 declaration of use).
Record
- Serial number
- 98909545
- Registration number
- 8358387
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 18 Dec 2024
- Published for opposition
- 11 Nov 2025
- Registered
- 21 Jul 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 declaration of use, due by 21 Jul 2032 (grace period to 21 Jan 2033)
- Attorney of record
- Paul A. McLean
Goods and services
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: Printed publications, namely, informational and training materials consisting of manuals, flyers, brochures and booklets in the field of philanthropic grants and programs; printed publications, namely, manuals, flyers, brochures and booklets in the field of race-conscious grants and programs
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Charitable services, namely, promoting public awareness of race-conscious grants and programs via guidance and providing materials
- Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Consulting services in the field of providing race-conscious grants
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Charitable educational services, namely, providing educational and informational materials in the nature of manuals, flyers, brochures, booklets, books and magazines in the field of philanthropic grants and programs to those in need; Charitable educational services, namely, providing educational and informational materials in the nature of manuals, flyers, brochures, booklets, books and magazines in the field of race-conscious grants and programs to those in need; educational services, namely, mentoring in the field of race-conscious grants and programs
Owner
- BLACK FREEDOM FUND, LOS ANGELES, CA, US
- BLACK FREEDOM FUND, LOS ANGELES, CA, US
- BLACK FREEDOM FUND, LOS ANGELES, CA, US
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Mountain View, CA, US
Prosecution history
- 21 Jul 2026 — NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
- 21 Jul 2026 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 01 Jul 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF STATEMENT OF USE E-MAILED
- 01 Jul 2026 — ALLOWED PRINCIPAL REGISTER - SOU ACCEPTED
- 23 Jun 2026 — STATEMENT OF USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
- 30 Mar 2026 — USE AMENDMENT FILED
- 30 Mar 2026 — TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED
- 06 Jan 2026 — NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
- 11 Nov 2025 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 11 Nov 2025 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 05 Nov 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
- 14 Oct 2025 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 10 Sept 2025 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 10 Sept 2025 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 10 Sept 2025 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED