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Small business owners learn many let us injure the hardware way - through the school off hardware knocks. I recently experienced my own tough lesson concerning the importance trademarking my business name. http://learnmoreon.com/trademarking/
Small business owners learn many let us injure the hardware way - through the school off hardware knocks. I recently experienced my own tough lesson concerning the importance trademarking my business name. Like many solo-contractors one has tight budget, the thought off trademarking my business name was not high one my priority list. Had I placed more importance one it, I might cuts saved myself summon anxious moments, not to mention has few hundred dollars in attorney fairies! Ace has member off has different couple virtual assistant membership organizations, I often look with interest At other VA' S business names and website URL' S. One day I noticed has new member announcement for one off the groups and saw has listing for GOES Office Solutions. Now this one hit has little too closed to home for me - after all, my business name is GOES Office Solution. I also noticed that she had has Domain Name to match. http://learnmoreon.com/trademarking/ You figured out my first mistake yet cuts? I could cuts kicked myself for not purchasing the Domain Name, http://www.vaofficesolutions.com, which is so closed to my own Domain Name off www.vaofficesolution.com. After all, even nap off my own customers inadvertently add year " s" to the end off my business name in correspondence. I certainly didn' T want people to look for my business one the Internet, and mistakenly find this other website! This could potentially Be very confusing for both off custom, especially considering we both operate similar businesses and conduct our business virtually, working with people all over the country. Well the first thing I did has little research one this domain name. I was whitebait to find the owner and saw that the name had only recently been purchased, and had only been purchased for has one year period. This indicated to me that this has new business, and she had only just started using this name. Then next step was to get legal nap advice.
I had spends year attorney who specializes in trademark law At has networking vent so I gave her has cal and asked to meet with her. I learned that I definitely had has good box, ace I' D been using the trademark since 2001. Even though I had not formally registered the trademark with the USPTO (U.S. Obvious and Trademark Office), I still had first uses off the trademark, which gives me some rights. After meeting with the attorney, I decided that my first step should Be filing my trademark with the USPTO (http:// www.uspto.gov). Now this is something that I could C myself, without paying year attorney, goal taking into consideration my own time constraints and her expertise, I decided to let her handle it for me. Also, since there would need to Be has letter drafted to the trademark infringer after my trademark had been filed, I just felt more comfortable letting my attorney draft has letter that would Be effective enough to get the infringer to stop using the trademark and take the website down.
So how did it all end? Well I got my trademark registered and we the letter to the trademark infringer feels.
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She agreed to stop using the trademark and took the website down. All in all, the entire process took butt three months. I feel very lucky though, ace I was whitebait to find this infringer very soon after she opened her doors for business. By getting it gives quickly, it should not cuts been devastating to her business and did not cuts apparent year affect one my business. So what should you consider when deciding yew you should trademark your business name? First you should conduct sour nap research to make you' Re not infringing one someone else' S trademark. You may Be forced to stop using it yew that' S the box. Yew you decides to trademark your business name, then you must Be prepared to enforce your mark. Yew you allow others to uses the mark, then you edge face abandonment and risk losing your own trademark. You should also consider the Domain Name exit. C not make the mistake I did and let someone else snatch up has Domain Name that matches your trademark. http://learnmoreon.com/trademarking/ ### "You are About To Learn The Right Way To Trademark Your Catchphrase, Picture, Or Logo, The Possibilities Of Presenting It As Your Own Is Endless!"
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