BASL LIT

What this means for you

Registered since 25 Nov 2025. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.

Record

Serial number

99193933

Registration number

8045018

Mark type

Stylized text

Filed

20 May 2025

Registered

25 Nov 2025

Attorney of record

Michael Bartholomew

Goods and services

• Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Organization of entertainment events featuring American Sign Language (ASL) and Black American Sign Language (BASL) in the nature of live music festivals and contests, live spoken word poetry with deaf and hard-of-hearing artists and hearing signers, live signed spoken poetry, visual vernacular performances, mime performances in the nature of movements of hands, body and face, live music, live bands, live art, and dancing performances; Conducting of entertainment events in the nature of slamming live on stage, acting performances, deaf talent, deaf performers, deaf creatives, and deaf artists who slam signed visual words, panel discussions, live talks, staged readings, slam contests, featured poet performances, open mic sessions, professional dancing performances, film festivals, film screenings, signed poetry, visual language performances by Black deaf artists; Conducting of acting classes and workshops in the field of Black American Sign Language (BASL) poetry, dance poetry, poetry writing creative lab, storytelling, visual storytelling; Conducting entertainment events in the nature of poetry performance by Black deaf artists and competitions in the nature of slam competitions and poetry competitions, virtual settings being poetry performances in virtual environments, theater performance, stage performance, black box theater performance, ticketed events in the nature of slam competitions, online performances and online competitions, namely, online sign language competitions, 48-hour poetry film challenges, slam concept pitches being slam poetry competitions, and Deaf Women of Color Poetry Retreat and Networking sessions; Entertainment services in the nature of production of television programs, streaming platform shows featuring literary developments within popular culture and Black Deaf Culture, slam poetry for television, podcast, video contest, namely, sign language contests, monologue slam, contests for social media influencers and others pitches being sign language contests; Arranging and conducting of educational courses, literature workshops, and literature contests all in the field of Black American Sign Language (BASL) culture and the culture, and cultural initiatives for deaf writers and artists; television program syndication, television show production, production of podcasts and streaming platform shows, conducting workshops and seminars in the field of literary and writing developments for creative artists who utilize American Sign Language (ASL) and Black American Sign Language (BASL) through poetry, monologues, staged reading, table readings, creative written materials, screenplays, short stories, essays, dramatic works, flash fictions, memoirs, journals, or long or short speeches within popular culture and Black deaf culture

Owner

• JADE FILMS AND ENTERTAINMENT, New York, NY, US
• JADE FILMS AND ENTERTAINMENT, New York, NY, US

Prosecution history

• 25 Nov 2025 — NOTICE OF REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION EMAILED
• 25 Nov 2025 — REGISTERED-SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER
• 29 Oct 2025 — APPROVED FOR REGISTRATION SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER
• 28 Oct 2025 — EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
• 28 Oct 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 28 Oct 2025 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 28 Oct 2025 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
• 23 Oct 2025 — EXAMINER'S AMENDMENT ENTERED
• 23 Oct 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 23 Oct 2025 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT E-MAILED
• 23 Oct 2025 — EXAMINERS AMENDMENT -WRITTEN
• 21 Oct 2025 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
• 21 Oct 2025 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
• 21 Oct 2025 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
• 03 Oct 2025 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED