[Hidden-tech] trademark applications

[Will Loving]

Theresa,

The main issues to consider ­ having just gone through this recently ­ are
what categories to list your registration under, and performing searches to
make sure the name is not already in use for someone doing something close
to what you are doing. If someone else is doing something similar (and in
the same category) with a name that is similar to yours, you may be denied
the registration. Start by doing basic web searches through Google, etc. and
check some of the free registered names databases that are available online.
The cost comes when you need to do a better search for names that are
similar ­ possibly similar enough to cause confusion. There are search
services which can pull up these kinds of possible conflicts and then you
need to go over them with your lawyer to determine if any are possible
problems.

You will also need to carefully pick which categories you register for and
the more categories you choose the more the cost and the more likely the
chance of hitting a conflicting name.

Will

Will Loving, President
Dedication Technologies, Inc.



on 9/10/05 10:49 AM, Theresa Leary at theresa.leary at ecomod.net wrote:

> Hi Hidden Techies,
>  
> I¹m looking into registering the company name as a trademark and wonder if any
> of you have experiences to share in this area.
> I¹ve got an application from the US Gov¹t website
> http://www.uspto.gov/index.html and have read all the instructions, etc.  It
> looks do-able but I wonder if it is recommended to have a lawyer do this.
>  
> I want to register the name and logo of the company (see below) as well as the
> name of some software products that we will put on the market.  Any comments
> are very welcome and appreciated.
>  
> Theresa
>  
> Theresa Leary
> Managing Director
> EcoMod LLC
>  
> 351 Pleasant Street, #357
> Northampton MA  01060-3900 USA
> tel: +1 413 586 3203
> fax: +1 413 517 0900
> www.ecomod.net <http://www.ecomod.net/>
>  
> 
>  
> 
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