In which case you might add a descriptive word (as with the Famous Amos Cookie example). Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marcia Yudkin" <yudkinyudkin at yahoo.com> To: <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 5:13 PM Subject: RE: [Hidden-tech] Copyrighting my name? > > According to the web site http://howmanyofme.com, there are > 64 David Farkas's in the United States. I imagine that > could prevent your name from being trademarkable unless you > are very specific about the context or industry in which > you intend to trademark it. > > Marcia Yudkin