Company trademark Question?
Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 at
1:18 pm
ಠ_ಠ asked:
I have a company I would like to create. I am trying to make a game making company. I know the programming and I have hired a team. We just need the legal stuff now. How exatly do we go about creating a company? I know there is something about trademarks. Lawyers legal zoom something like that I don’t know. Any help is greatly appreciated.
I have a company I would like to create. I am trying to make a game making company. I know the programming and I have hired a team. We just need the legal stuff now. How exatly do we go about creating a company? I know there is something about trademarks. Lawyers legal zoom something like that I don’t know. Any help is greatly appreciated.
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To register a trademark, that’s done either through your Secretary of State for a State trademark or the US Patent & Trademark Office for a Federal trademark.
If you are only conducting business in one state, then a State trademark is most appropriate. If you conduct (OR are planning to conduct) business in at least 2 states OR between the US & any other country, you can file for a Federal trademark.
Prior to investing your time, money & effort into a name, it is strongly advised that comprehensive research be conducted to ensure that the name you’re interested in is truly available.
This entails searching the pending & registered Federal and State trademark files as well as the US National Common-Law files. Then, if clear, you can decide if you would like to file for a Federal or a State trademark.
Here are some links where you can do some preliminary checking. However, please be aware that this is merely scratching the surface of what’s out there.
… — USPTO – Preliminary Search of Federal trademarks… –Go to your state’s Secretary of State page to see if they have a searchable database of business names – Must register (free) to search their database
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!