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Do I need to trademark my business name?

Posted by Wanda.Jones on April 28, 2009
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Reviewed by JohnUSA on February 8, 2010.

• Entrepreneur magazine did a quick overview on your topic. See:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/startingabusiness/inventing/inventionscolumn...

• And, the US Patent Trademark Office website has fairly digestible content for consumers at: http://www.uspto.gov/web/trademarks/workflow/start.htm

Reviewed by john.madigan (not verified) on July 7, 2009.

I agree. A trademark is a form of intellectual property that provides you with the rights about how your business name may be used. Trademarks may be obtained for specific words, phrases, logos, symbols, designs, images or a combination of these elements.

Reviewed by ChefPaulGreen on June 20, 2009.

You are most likely going to need an attorney that has knowledge of intellectual property issues.

For some basic info do a Google search using the term - wikipedia trademarks. Wikipedia has a lot of information on that page to get you started. Pay attention to - service marks.

I further suggest that you research - creative commons.

................and - copyright.

Reviewed by Mike.Warren on April 28, 2009.

I think you should.

A trademark gives you rights on the way your business's name is used. You should probably at least do a search to see if your business name has been used by someone else already. Look up the USPTO.