WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE ∙ ESTABLISHED IN 1911 ∙ BLACK BEAR RESISTANT CERTIFICATION #:
Live / Registered — Registered (as of 30 Jun 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 30 Jun 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 30 Jun 2032: the §8 declaration of use).
Record
- Serial number
- 99282963
- Registration number
- 8320997
- Mark type
- Design + words
- Filed
- 14 Jul 2025
- Published for opposition
- 12 May 2026
- Registered
- 30 Jun 2026
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 declaration of use, due by 30 Jun 2032 (grace period to 30 Dec 2032)
Goods and services
- Goods and services: Bear-resistant trash containers; bear-resistant food storage containers; bear-resistant backpacking canisters; bear-resistant wildlife feeders; bear-resistant storage bins
Owner
- Wildlife Management Institute, Georgetown, KY, US
- Wildlife Management Institute, Georgetown, KY, US
- Wildlife Management Institute, Georgetown, KY, US
Prosecution history
- 30 Jun 2026 — NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
- 30 Jun 2026 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 12 May 2026 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 12 May 2026 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 06 May 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
- 16 Apr 2026 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 20 Mar 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 20 Mar 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 20 Mar 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
- 21 Feb 2026 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 21 Feb 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED
- 21 Feb 2026 — NON-FINAL ACTION WRITTEN
- 14 Jan 2026 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 14 Jan 2026 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 14 Jan 2026 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED