INNOVATE CAROLINA

Live / Registered — Registered — Sections 8 & 15 accepted and acknowledged (as of 15 Nov 2025)

What this means for you

Registered since 30 Jul 2019. The owner can stop confusingly similar uses in the classes it covers.

Record

Serial number
88080774
Registration number
5818031
Mark type
Stylized text
Filed
16 Aug 2018
Published for opposition
14 May 2019
Registered
30 Jul 2019
Attorney of record
Arles A. Taylor, Jr.

Goods and services

  • Class 035 — Advertising and business services: Business networking, namely, providing business mentoring in the nature of advice in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship; Business development services, namely, business consultation and advisory services; providing business incubator facilities, namely, rental of office equipment and machinery as well as providing business advisory services; all of the foregoing for start-up, re-start and spin-out companies; Business development services, namely, providing start-up support for the businesses of others; Business incubator services, namely, business management and business development services in the form of start-up support for the businesses of others; Business collaboration services, namely, providing a national computer-based networking web site for faculty and students for the purpose of promoting collaboration to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced manufacturing and new products in the arts and other fields; Business collaboration services, namely, promoting the creation of physical objects and prototyping for education, research, entrepreneurship and recreation; Market analysis; providing economic impact analysis services in the field of IP-based startups, namely, tracking and reporting on IP-based startups on social ventures, managing a database that tracks and generates reports on IP-based startups and social ventures, and the economic impact of such startups in North Carolina
  • Class 036 — Insurance and financial services: Fundraising services by means of organizing, arranging and conducting fundraising programs, for promoting research, education and other activities relating to innovation and entrepreneurship; charitable fundraising services for promoting innovation, new ideas and innovative technology; Fundraising services, namely, providing financial assistance for programs and services of others; providing fundraising activities to support innovation, new ideas, innovative technology and entrepreneurship; Providing grants for innovation, new ideas, innovative technology and entrepreneurship; providing technology development grants to aid in the advancement of developing unlicensed technologies to a commercial endpoint; providing technology development grants to help establish applications and proof-of-concept, prototype development, technology validation and intellectual property assistance; providing financial kick starter awards for start-ups in the fields of life sciences and technologies; Providing incubation services for business, namely, leasing of office space and facilities; financial risk assessment services that enables inventors to assess technology, marketplace and investment funding, and assist in increasing the creation of IP-based technology startups in North Carolina
  • Class 041 — Education and entertainment services: Educational services, conducting seminars and educational events relating to promoting innovation, new ideas and innovative technology; Education and training services, namely, organization, arranging and conducting of workshops, colloquiums, conferences, congresses, courses, seminars, training courses, symposiums in the field(s) of innovation and entrepreneurship; educational services, namely, providing a learning and innovation center featuring leadership, motivational, educational, and brainstorming training; leadership development training in the fields of innovation and entrepreneurship; providing group coaching and in-person learning forums in the field of leadership development in innovation and entrepreneurship; Educational and entertainment services, namely, arranging and conducting summits, conferences, seminars, workshops, case study presentations, panel discussions, and roundtable forums in the field of business strategy, data, innovation, and entrepreneurship, bringing together academia and industry leaders to enable the exchange of ideas, strategies, tactics, and best practices in the field of business strategy, data, innovation, and entrepreneurship; Educational services, namely, arranging and conducting educational conferences, meetings, roundtable discussion groups and summits in the nature of think tank activities for the purposes of generating thought-provoking ideas, concepts and recommendations related to the application of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship; educational services, namely, providing mentoring services in the field of business; educational services, namely, providing mentoring services in the field of business, namely, innovation, and entrepreneurship; educational services, namely providing mentoring services to the membership of a collaborative community in the field of start up, re-start and spin-out companies

Owner

Prosecution history

  • 15 Nov 2025 — NOTICE OF ACCEPTANCE OF SEC. 8 & 15 - E-MAILED
  • 15 Nov 2025 — REGISTERED - SEC. 8 (6-YR) ACCEPTED & SEC. 15 ACK.
  • 15 Nov 2025 — CASE ASSIGNED TO POST REGISTRATION PARALEGAL
  • 29 Jul 2025 — TEAS SECTION 8 & 15 RECEIVED
  • 30 Jul 2024 — COURTESY REMINDER - SEC. 8 (6-YR) E-MAILED
  • 30 Jul 2019 — REGISTERED-PRINCIPAL REGISTER
  • 14 May 2019 — OFFICIAL GAZETTE PUBLICATION CONFIRMATION E-MAILED
  • 14 May 2019 — PUBLISHED FOR OPPOSITION
  • 24 Apr 2019 — NOTIFICATION OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION E-MAILED
  • 10 Apr 2019 — ASSIGNED TO LIE
  • 19 Mar 2019 — APPROVED FOR PUB - PRINCIPAL REGISTER
  • 18 Mar 2019 — TEAS/EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE ENTERED
  • 18 Mar 2019 — CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED IN LAW OFFICE
  • 18 Mar 2019 — TEAS RESPONSE TO OFFICE ACTION RECEIVED
  • 04 Dec 2018 — NOTIFICATION OF NON-FINAL ACTION E-MAILED

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