[Hidden-tech] Copyrighting my name? :-))

[Maria Trombly]

Kimo --

Good point -- couldn't use the name "in business."

For someone to be violating your trademark, they have to be actively
impinging on your business - either making money from your intellectual
property or good will, or losing you money.

If people are just taking your name in vain (whether government records or
anywhere else), there's nothing you can do. You can't even protect yourself
against bad product reviews, whether that would cost you money, because
people aren't directly profiting from your trademark -- their product,
product reviews, isn't likely to be confused with your product (unless you
happen to be in the product review business yourself and they're branding
their own product reviews with your name).

Otherwise, every celebrity out there will be able to protect themselves from
gossip and salacious jokes, and our economy would come to a standstill.

-- Maria

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:59 PM, B. Kimo Lee <bklee at azurelink.com> wrote:

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> Hi David,I don't have a serious reply regarding your trademark question,
> just a somewhat funny anecdote...
> Remember Wally "Famous" Amos, who sold his cookie company and couldn't use
> his name in business anymore.
> He later came out with another brand of cookies called, "Uncle Noname".
> Best,
> Kimo
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> On Nov 18, 2008, at 3:42 PM, DAVID F. FARKAS wrote:
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> Hi folks...
>
> Anyone have info about copyrighting your own name? Since that's one of my
> 'brands' there must be straightforward ways to either copyright, trademark
> or servicemark it or all of the above.
>
> Have any of you done this? Do you know pros / cons of either approach? Is
> there a DIY process for filling out the paperwork?
>
> Thanx.
> David
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