Are you wondering if your business name is available for use?
Many people do what they believe is a proper trademark search, think their name is available and then don’t know what to do next.
That is what we are going to talk about on today’s episode. What do you do after you have done a trademark search and determined that nobody is using your name.
Do you do nothing? Immediately file a Trademark Application? Something Else?
Today we answer all your questions so that you can get your brand protected!
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The Biggest Takeaways
- Just because you think you have done a name search and didn't find anything doesn't mean you have done a proper name search.
- The best way to insure your name is available is to hire a lawyer to help you do the search and then draft a legal opinion for you.
- Once you have received a green light on your clearance search, you must act quickly to get your trademark application filed. An old trademark search is a stale one.
- The Trademark Office is a “first-to-file” system. This means that the first business or person to file a trademark application for a certain name has priority over later filed applications.
- Having solid contracts in place to protect your legal relationships is extremely important. For some lawyer-drafted templates that you can use immediately, click here.
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