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OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)

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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a valid OMB control number. PTO Form 1478 (Rev 09/2006)

OMB No. 0651-0009 (Exp 02/28/2021)

Trademark/Service Mark Application, Principal Register

Serial Number: 88243268

Filing Date: 12/27/2018

To the Commissioner for Trademarks:

MARK: AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (stylized and/or with design, see mark)

The literal element of the mark consists of AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE.
The color(s) blue and purple is/are claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the stylized words AI CENTER OF EXCELLENCE with various slanted geometric shapes consisting of triangles, squares, and dots of different sizes behind the text.
The applicant, deFacto Global, Inc., a corporation of New York, having an address of
      333 Broadway
      Troy, New York 12180
      United States

requests registration of the trademark/service mark identified above in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the Principal Register established by the Act of July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. Section 1051 et seq.), as amended, for the following:

       International Class 035:  Providing facilities and coworking space to freelancers, start-ups, existing businesses and non-profits; Incubation services, including providing facilities and coworking work space containing office equipment and labs to freelancers, start-ups, existing businesses and non-profits; Business information services in the field of computer science; Business consultation services for freelancers, start-ups, existing businesses and non-profits to support one another's growth and development in the fields of business innovation process, computer systems, and computer science; Incubation services, including providing work space containing business equipment to emerging, start-up and existing companies; Arranging and conducting business conferences for freelancers, startups, existing businesses and non-profits; Business development services; Business development services, including providing start-up support for businesses of others
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.

       International Class 042:  research and development services in the field of computer systems, computer science, and business innovation processes; Providing information related to research and development services in the fields of computer systems, computer science, and business innovation process
Intent to Use: The applicant has a bona fide intention, and is entitled, to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the identified goods/services.



The applicant's current Attorney Information:
      Jonathan A. Menkes and John B. Sganga, Jr., Edward A. Schlatter, Gerard von Hoffmann, Joseph R. Re, Catherine J. Holland, John M. Carson, Karen Vogel Weil, Jeffrey L. Van Hoosear, Daniel E. Altman, Lynda J. Zadra-Symes, William H. Shreve, Stephen C. Jensen, Steven J. Nataupsky, Paul A. Stewart, Joseph F. Jennings, Craig S. Summers, Diane M. Reed, Ronald J. Schoenbaum, John R. King, Adeel S. Akhtar, David N. Weiss, Douglas G. Muehlhauser, Lori Lee Yamato, Michael K. Friedland, Stacey R. Halpern, Mark M. Abumeri, Jon W. Gurka, John W. Holcomb, Joseph M. Reisman, Michael L. Fuller, Mark R. Benedict, Paul N. Conover, Robert J. Roby, Sabing H. Lee, Karoline A. Delaney, Joseph S. Cianfrani, William R. Zimmerman, Paul C. Steinhardt, Eric S. Furman, Susan M. Natland, Rose M. Thiessen, Michael A. Guiliana, Rabinder N. Narula, Bruce S. Itchkawitz, John M. Grover, Irfan A. Lateef, Amy Christensen Chun, Mark J. Gallagher, David G. Jankowski, Brian C. Horne, Payson LeMeilleur, Sheila N. Swaroop, Benjamin A. Katzenellenbogen, Andrew N. Merickel, Thomas P. Krzeminski, Linda H. Liu, James F. Herkenhoff, Andrew M. Douglas, Salima A. Merani, Jonathan A. Hyman, Curtiss C. Dosier, Joseph J. Mallon, Sean M. Murray, Christy G. Lea, Perry D. Oldham, Russell M. Jeide, Zi Y. Wong, Matthew S. Bellinger, Mincheol Kim, Gregory A. Hermanson, Lauren Keller Katzenellenbogen, Ted M. Cannon, Carol Pitzel Cruz, Josué A. Villalta, Andrew I. Kimmel, Brenden Gingrich, Maria Culic Anderson, Melanie J. Seelig, Mauricio A. Uribe, Curtis R. Huffmire, Christopher L. Ross, Eli A. Loots, Ryan E. Melnick, Yanna S. Bouris, Philip M. Nelson, Marko R. Zoretic, Kerry S. Taylor, Derek C. Dailey, Jarom D. Kesler, Steven P. Ruden, Colin B. Heideman, Theodore G. Papagiannis, Nicholas M. Zovko, Adam J. Gilbert, Kimberly J. Miller, Bryan W. Wahl, Thomas Y. Yee, Michelle E. Armond, Agnes Juang, Jason J. Jardine, Jared C. Bunker, Lance D. Smemoe, Joshua J. Stowell, Jonathan E. Bachand, Ali S. Razai, Terry K. Tullis, Derek R. Bayles, Cheryl T. Burgess, Gregory B. Phillips, Brian C. Claassen, Mark Lezama, Sean Ambrosius, Stephen W. Larson, John L. Paik, Bridget O'L. Smith, Michael R. Christensen, Benjamin J. Everton, Jason A. Gersting, Baraa Kahf, Alan G. Laquer, Jing Liu, Vlad Teplitskiy, Jeffery L. Hallstrom, Maria V. Stout, William O. Adams, Ian W. Gillies, Andrew W. Lloyd, Mark D. Kachner, Lincoln S. Essig, David R. Trossen, Aaron M. Davis, Jason R. Swartz, Benjamin B. Anger, Jason A. Champion, Daniel V. Gibson, Jeremy J. Carney, Karen M. Cassidy, Adam B. Powell, Karen J. Lenker, Bryan G. McWhorter, Nathanael R. Luman, Andrea L. Cheek, Deborah S. Shepherd, Alejandro D. Muñoz, Mark D. Marsden, Joan Y. Chan, Allyson G. Brown, Damien J. Howard, Jane Q. Dai, Shannon Lam, Peter Law, Mark Metzke, Scott G. Siera, Vikas Bhargava, Daniel J. Fischer, Jacob Peterson, Christie R.W. Matthaei, Vladimir S. Lozan, Paul S. Stellman, Jeremy A. Anapol, Heungsoo Choi, Scott A. Cromar, Kendall M. Loebbaka, David R. Schmidt, Harnik Shukla, Charlene A. Azema, Morgan R. Coates, Loni L. Morrow, Kyu S. Min, Jane Xia, Chang Sik Lim, Jessica L. Achtsam, Thomas S.H. Cowan, Nicole Rossi Townes, Devanie A. DuFour, Alexander J. Martinez, Hans L. Mayer, Jessica C. Sganga, Nicholas A. Belair, Ryan S. Furtado, Angela K. Dremann, Justin J. Gillett, M. Scott Forbes, Brian M. Graham, Brian J. Flynn, Mitchell B. Hadley, Qi Peter Tong, Elenore Niu, Michael P. Burns, Paul Chang, David M. Cohen, Mark E. Davis, Jordan Gottdank, Kim A. Kennedy, Daniel C. Kiang, Keith M. Lim, Ashley C. Morales, Nathan D. Reeves, Scott R. Seeley, Brandon G. Smith, Xiaoyan Sabrina Wang, April K. White, Zach Jun Hyuk Hong, Jordan M. Cox, Albert J. Sueiras, Mark Rubinshtein, David J. Grant, Clayton R. Henson, Daniel A. Kamkar, Lesley Y. Kim, Nathan J. Lee, Josepher Li, Vicki Y. Nee, Jacob R. Rosenbaum, James F. Smith, Douglas B. Wentzel, Thomas E. Woodland, Derek M. Abeyta, Aryeh N. Feinstein, Noorean I. Gill, Shuchen Gong, Peter A. Hecker, Aaron S. Johnson, Bryan J. Johnson, David C. Kellogg, Chanell Khosrowabadi, Lindsay A. Laddaran, Forrest M. McClellen, Janet M. Olsen, Alexander Zeng, Sean S. Kim, Benjamin Ho, Adam R. Aquino, Samuel I. Cockriel, Serah R. Friedman, Bita Kianian, Eric R. Malmgren, Brian M.Z. Reece, Derk A. Westermeyer, Drew S. Hamilton, Andrew H. Simpson, Jeremiah S. Helm, Rosaleen H. Chou, Hironori Kubota, Andrew D. Lee, and Yusuke Hirai of Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP      2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
      Irvine, California 92614
      United States
      949-760-0404(phone)
      949-760-9502(fax)
      efiling@knobbe.com (authorized)
The attorney docket/reference number is DFACT.003T.

The applicant's current Correspondence Information:

Jonathan A. Menkes

Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP

2040 Main Street, 14th Floor

Irvine, California 92614

949-760-0404(phone)

949-760-9502(fax)

efiling@knobbe.com (authorized) E-mail Authorization: I authorize the USPTO to send e-mail correspondence concerning the application to the applicant, the applicant's attorney, or the applicant's domestic representative at the e-mail address provided in this application. I understand that a valid e-mail address must be maintained and that the applicant or the applicant's attorney must file the relevant subsequent application-related submissions via the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS). Failure to do so will result in the loss of TEAS Reduced Fee status and a requirement to submit an additional processing fee of $125 per international class of goods/services.

A fee payment in the amount of $550 has been submitted with the application, representing payment for 2 class(es).

Declaration

	Basis: If the applicant is filing the application based on use in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(a): The signatory believes that the applicant is the owner of the trademark/service mark sought to be registered; The mark is in use in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; The specimen(s) shows the mark as used on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate. And/Or If the applicant is filing the application based on an intent to use the mark in commerce under 15 U.S.C. § 1051(b), § 1126(d), and/or § 1126(e): The signatory believes that the applicant is entitled to use the mark in commerce; The applicant has a bona fide intention to use the mark in commerce on or in connection with the goods/services in the application; and To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, no other persons, except, if applicable, concurrent users, have the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form or in such near resemblance as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods/services of such other persons, to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive.
	To the best of the signatory's knowledge, information, and belief, formed after an inquiry reasonable under the circumstances, the allegations and other factual contentions made above have evidentiary support.
	The signatory being warned that willful false statements and the like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and that such willful false statements and the like may jeopardize the validity of the application or submission or any registration resulting therefrom, declares that all statements made of his/her own knowledge are true and all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true.

Declaration Signature

Signature: /Robert Bedard/   Date: 12/27/2018
Signatory's Name: Robert Bedard
Signatory's Position: CEO
Payment Sale Number: 88243268
Payment Accounting Date: 12/28/2018

Serial Number: 88243268
Internet Transmission Date: Thu Dec 27 17:19:55 EST 2018
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