- Trademark Considerations in Choosing a Corporate Name
After you have completed the process of determining whether the desired corporate name is available for use in your state, another set of considerations also comes into play - trademark, tradename, and service mark considerations. Here is an informative overview of what you need to know.
- How to Find Out If a Domain Name Is Available
All of the authorized domain name registrars allow the public to conduct free domain name searches. In most cases, all you have to do is enter the domain name you want into a form on the registrar's Web page. Here are some basic guidelines.
- Using TM, SM and Trademarks
A trademark (identified with a "TM") can be many things. It may be a word, phrase, symbol or a design, but it can also be a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs. The common link is that a trademark is used to identify a specific item, product or brand....
- Trademark Infringement
You're the CEO of an up-and-coming Web start-up called "Widgets.com." Your company sells widgets over the Internet to people throughout the United States. One day, you're reading The Wall Street Journal and discover a new competitor calling itself "Widgets-R-Us." What to you do? Your options depend at least in part ......
- Trademark Concerns of Small Businesses
The idea of marking an item for ownership can be traced back in history to the finding of marks on pottery created many thousands of years ago. The economic use of such marks shows up in 500 B.C. during the Roman Empire. Today, according to the USPTO, a trademark is ......
- Where Can I Get Information on Trademarks?
You can get information on trademarks at the official site of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Thomson & Thomson, one of the premier trademark and copyright services, provides a wide range of information about trademarks in the IP Fundamentals area. Other places to get information on trademarks include ......
- How Do I Register a Domain Name?
You register a domain name by going to a domain name registry, either one of the larger, well-known ones, like Network Solutions, Register.com, or GoDaddy.com, or to one of the many smaller domain name registrars, which you can find by performing a search for "register domain name" on Google or ......