SKINORTHCAROLINA

What this record means

The record shows that the mark SKINORTHCAROLINA is abandoned, with the last status dated Nov 1 2002 after the applicant failed to respond to an Office action, and the owner listed is AppNet Designs, a sole proprietorship in North Carolina. The only goods or services covered are “to promote the region of North Carolina’s ski resorts through normal advertising venues including print media and the internet through our www.skinorthcarolina.com website,” filed in class 042 for scientific and technology services. A similar name used in advertising or online promotion of North Carolina ski resorts would raise the closest record‑based concern, while uses outside that specific promotional context fall farther from the scope shown. The prosecution history shows the application was assigned to an examiner, a non‑final action was mailed, and then the file was abandoned for lack of response; it never reached registration on any register. The supplied history contains no oppositions, cancellations or court actions, so no enforcement signals appear. I'd treat this as a meaningful concern if you plan to market ski‑related promotion for North Carolina, but the abandonment means the record does not block other unrelated uses.