BLACK BOOKS MATTER
Live / Allowed — Notice of allowance issued (as of 15 Jul 2025)
What this means for you
Approved and waiting on proof of use. It will register unless the applicant drops it, and its 18 Jan 2019 filing date already counts against anyone who files later.
Record
- Serial number
- 88266827
- Mark type
- Stylized text
- Filed
- 18 Jan 2019
- Published for opposition
- 11 Apr 2023
- Attorney of record
- TYRA HUGHLEY SMITH
Goods and services
- Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Business networking; Organizing business networking events; Organizing and conducting public awareness campaigns to promote and advance social justice
- Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Organizing, arranging, and conducting book readings, celebrity and author appearances, social events, and cultural events; Organizing and hosting of events for cultural purposes; Organizing and hosting of events for cultural awareness purposes; Providing information pertaining to books, literary works, and publications in the nature of articles and magazines, all in the field of African-American authors, history, culture, politics, and current events
- Class 045 — Legal and security services: Providing information in the field of social justice
Owner
- The Mahogany Business Group, LLC, Woodbridge, VA, US
- The Mahogany Business Group, LLC, Woodbridge, VA, US
Prosecution history
- 29 Dec 2025 — TEAS STATEMENT OF USE RECEIVED
- 15 Jul 2025 — NOA E-MAILED - SOU REQUIRED FROM APPLICANT
- 02 Jun 2025 — TTAB RELEASE CASE TO TRADEMARKS
- 02 Jun 2025 — OPPOSITION TERMINATED NO. 999999
- 08 Apr 2025 — OPPOSITION DISMISSED NO. 999999
- 09 May 2023 — OPPOSITION INSTITUTED NO. 999999
- 09 May 2023 — OPPOSITION PAPERS RECEIVED AT TTAB
- 11 Apr 2023 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
- 11 Apr 2023 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
- 22 Mar 2023 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
- 09 Mar 2023 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
- 17 Feb 2023 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
- 17 Feb 2023 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
- 17 Feb 2023 — TEAS REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION RECEIVED
- 07 Feb 2023 — NOTIFICATION OF FINAL REFUSAL EMAILED