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Black Entertainment Television LLC

63 live US trademarks, filing since 1988.

On the register as BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION LLC · Black Entertainment Television LLC.

Live marks
63
registered + pending
Registered
63
on the Principal Register
Pending
0
applications in progress
Filed in 2026
0
by filing date
Classes used
8
of 45 Nice classes
First filing
1988
38 years on the register
At a glanceplain-language reads of the register
Mostly education & entertainment: 55 of 63 live marks are in Class 41. Telecommunications (Class 38) is next with 7.
Quiet this year: no new applications so far in 2026, against a yearly average of 2.2.
8 registrations have a maintenance filing due in the next 12 months, 2 already in the grace period.
Filing activityapplications per year, by filing date
0 7 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Marks held on the register, by filing date. 2026 is year to date.

Portfolio by classlive marks · rank among filers in that class

A multi-class mark counts once per class. Rank shown where the owner is in the class's top 50.

Latest activity

What Black Entertainment Television LLC filed most recently.

MarkClassFiledBasisStatusSerial
106 & SPORTS 41 Sep 11, 2025 — registered Aug 25 99388248
BET 38 Sep 27, 2022 — registered Feb 11 97608219
BET 41 Sep 27, 2022 — registered Feb 11 97608222
BETX 41 Sep 27, 2022 — registered Oct 31 97608224
BET 25 Feb 19, 2021 — registered Nov 23 90535434
DISRUPT AND DISMANTLE 41 Jan 13, 2021 — registered Dec 27 90463295
TWENTIES 41 Aug 30, 2019 — registered Dec 22 88599525
AMERICAN GANGSTER: TRAP QUEENS 41 Feb 6, 2019 — registered Dec 3 88290771
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY 41 Jan 30, 2019 — registered Jul 28 88282220
HUSTLE IN BROOKLYN 41 Jul 6, 2018 — registered Jun 25 88027735
Recently registeredlast 12 months
106 & SPORTS · Cl. 41 · Reg. 8,417,080
Aug 25, 2026

Registration starts the maintenance clock: a Section 8 declaration is due between years 5 and 6.

Maintenance windows aheadnext 12 months · from registration dates
GAMES PEOPLE PLAY · Reg. 6,114,389 · registered Jul 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6) · in grace period until Jan 28, 2027
Jul 28, 2025 → Jul 28, 2026
BET AMPLIFIED · Reg. 6,114,064 · registered Jul 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6) · in grace period until Jan 28, 2027
Jul 28, 2025 → Jul 28, 2026
NELLYVILLE · Reg. 5,069,208 · registered Oct 2016
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Oct 25, 2025 → Oct 25, 2026
DESEAN JACKSON: HOME TEAM · Reg. 5,101,163 · registered Dec 2016
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Dec 13, 2025 → Dec 13, 2026
TWENTIES · Reg. 6,229,254 · registered Dec 2020
Section 8 declaration (years 5–6)
Dec 22, 2025 → Dec 22, 2026
BEING MARY JANE · Reg. 5,251,390 · registered Jul 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Jul 25, 2026 → Jul 25, 2027
F IN FABULOUS · Reg. 5,262,198 · registered Aug 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Aug 8, 2026 → Aug 8, 2027
CHASING DESTINY · Reg. 5,271,970 · registered Aug 2017
Section 8 & 9 renewal (year 10)
Aug 22, 2026 → Aug 22, 2027

A filing missed by the due date enters a six-month grace period, then the registration cancels.

Names on the registerwhat this page merges, and what it leaves out
BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION LLC · 57 live marks
included
Black Entertainment Television LLC. · 6 live marks
included
The Black & Decker Corporation · 207 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Black Rifle Coffee Company LLC · 132 live marks · may be a related company
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Black & Decker Corporation, The · 75 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Black Knight Sports And Entertainment LLC · 58 live marks · may be a related company
separate page
Black Knight IP Holding Company, LLC · 43 live marks · may be a related company
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Spellings are merged when they differ only in punctuation or legal suffix. Anything else stays separate rather than guessed.

Common questions

About Black Entertainment Television LLC trademarks.

How many trademarks does Black Entertainment Television LLC have?

63 live US trademarks as of October 23, 2026: 63 registered and 0 pending applications. None have been filed in 2026 so far.

What does Black Entertainment Television LLC sell, according to its trademarks?

Mostly education & entertainment (Class 41, 55 live marks). Also telecommunications (Class 38) and science & technology (saas) (Class 42).

Who owns the BET trademark?

BET is owned by Black Entertainment Television LLC. It was registered on November 1, 1988 (Reg. No. 1511259) and is live. The same owner holds 62 other live US marks.

When did Black Entertainment Television LLC first file a trademark?

Its oldest live US filing dates from 1988: BET, filed February 1, 1988.

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