BLK CHI
Live / Registered — Registered (as of 18 Aug 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 18 Aug 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 18 Aug 2032: the §8 declaration of use).
Record
- Serial number
- 99239166
- Registration number
- 8398039
- Mark type
- Word mark
- Filed
- 17 Jun 2025
- Published for opposition
- 30 Jun 2026
- Registered
- 18 Aug 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 declaration of use, due by 18 Aug 2032 (grace period to 18 Feb 2033)
- Attorney of record
- Colleen M. Ganin
Goods and services
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Advertising and marketing; Marketing the goods and services of others by means of location-based messaging; Advertising, marketing and promotional services related to all industries for the purpose of facilitating networking and socializing opportunities for business purposes; Promoting public awareness of the interests of the African American community in the greater Chicago metropolitan area; Providing marketing and promotion of special events; Providing on-line web directory services featuring hyperlinks to the websites of others; Providing information, news and commentary in the field of business; On-line retail store services featuring clothing and hats
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Providing a website featuring non-downloadable articles in the field of black-owned businesses, events, entertainment, and other community news in the greater Chicago metropolitan area; Providing on-line digital publications in the nature of newsletters, blogs, e-guides, and social media posts in the field of community, culture, fashion, beauty, wellness, and news in the greater Chicago metropolitan area via the Internet; Entertainment services in the nature of organizing social entertainment events; Providing on-line magazines in the field of greater Chicago metropolitan area community, culture, and news; On-line journals, namely, blogs featuring black-owned businesses, events, entertainment, and other community news in the greater Chicago metropolitan area; Providing information, news and commentary in the field of current events relating to the black community, fashion, beauty, wellness, culture, and entertainment
Owner
- BLK CHICAGO LLC, Chicago, IL, US
- BLK CHICAGO LLC, Chicago, IL, US
- BLK CHICAGO LLC, Chicago, IL, US
Prosecution history
- 18 Aug 2026 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 30 Jun 2026 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 30 Jun 2026 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 24 Jun 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
- 01 Jun 2026 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 01 Jun 2026 — USE AMENDMENT ACCEPTED
- 19 May 2026 — AMENDMENT TO USE PROCESSING COMPLETE
- 19 May 2026 — USE AMENDMENT FILED
- 19 May 2026 — TEAS AMENDMENT OF USE RECEIVED
- 21 May 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 21 May 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 21 May 2026 — TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED
- 21 May 2026 — APPLICATION EXTENSION GRANTED/RECEIPT PROVIDED
- 21 May 2026 — APPLICATION EXTENSION TO RESPONSE PERIOD - RECEIVED
- 26 Feb 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED