[Hidden-tech] Trademarks, Business Name, etc

[Andrew Bellak]

Hi David,

I have two people in the Valley for starters to recommend as expert 
resources on entrepreneurship, Paul Silva and John Fabel.

Paul runs Valley Venture Mentors and manages the River Valley Investors 
angel investment group.

John has taught entrepreneurship, particularly social entrepreneurship, 
and launched several ventures including his latest, Sylvan Cycles, of 
which I'm an investor.

I believe WNEC and Scibelli Enterprise also have resources.

For intellectual property questions, I'd suggest you check the HT 
archives as there have been several threads on this topic.

Good luck!

Andrew

On 12/13/2011 10:12 AM, David Korpiewski wrote:
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> I had a great idea pop into my head and I want to bring it into reality
> as a new start-up business.   However, I have a few questions about the
> name of the company.  I did a Trademark Search in (TESS) and the name I
> selected is not there.   However, how important is it to trademark the
> business' name in general?  If the name of the business is generic such
> as "Cool Computers", is it even more important to trademark the name?  I
> read that trademark lawyers could be extremely expensive, and I don't
> really have a lot of funds for that type of thing.
>
> I've been running a computer consulting business for 12 years now under
> my own name, but its so unique I'm not worried about someone
> trademarking it.  This new start-up would be online and could compete
> nationally, so that is why I'm more worried about it.
>
> Also can anyone recommend any good guides for entrepreneurs?  As I
> mentioned I've been in business for 12 years, but this new business is a
> totally different model, so I'm looking for resources that have helped
> other people.
>
> Thanks a lot
> David
>
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