FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.
Live / Registered — Registered — Sections 8 & 15 accepted and acknowledged (as of 13 Jul 2026)
What this means for you
Registered since 07 Apr 2020. 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 07 Apr 2030: the §8 & §9 renewal).
Record
- Serial number
- 88600470
- Registration number
- 6027685
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 30 Aug 2019
- Published for opposition
- 21 Jan 2020
- Registered
- 07 Apr 2020
- Next maintenance filing
- §8 & §9 renewal, due by 07 Apr 2030 (grace period to 07 Oct 2030)
- Attorney of record
- Andrew N. Fredbeck
Goods and services
- Class 009 — Scientific and electric apparatus: Downloadable audio-video recordings, books, photographs [ and articles ] in the field of genealogy and stories about celebrities' ancestry
- Class 016 — Paper goods and printed matter: Series of books in the field of genealogy and stories about celebrities' ancestry
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Entertainment services, namely, an ongoing series in the field of genealogy and stories about celebrities' ancestry provided through televised broadcasts, webcasts and non-downloadable videos; educational services, namely, providing online, non-downloadable videos, curriculums, lesson plans, and links to resources in the field of genealogy
Owner
- Inkwell Media LLC, Cambridge, MA, US
- Inkwell Media LLC, Cambridge, MA, US
- Inkwell Media LLC, Cambridge, MA, US
- McGee Media, LLC, New York, NY, US
- McGee Media, LLC, Katonah, NY, US
- McGee Media, LLC, Katonah, NY, US
Prosecution history
- 13 Jul 2026 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
- 13 Jul 2026 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
- 13 Jul 2026 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
- 07 Apr 2026 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
- 07 Apr 2025 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
- 07 Apr 2020 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 21 Jan 2020 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 21 Jan 2020 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 08 Jan 2020 — REVIEW OF CORRESPONDENCE COMPLETE - ADDRESS UPDATED
- 10 Dec 2019 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 01 Jan 2020 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
- 18 Dec 2019 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 03 Dec 2019 — ASSIGNED TO EXAMINER
- 13 Sept 2019 — NEW APPLICATION OFFICE SUPPLIED DATA ENTERED
- 03 Sept 2019 — NEW APPLICATION ENTERED