If you have a licensed business and are starting the process of tradmarking your name (but it hasn't fully processed yet) can someone else copy your business name and idea (after you have already started the process) and it be perfectly legal? I'm a newly established small business and have found someone trying to copy me and my name trademark hasn't been fully processed yet.
2006-09-20 16:11:24 · 8 answers · asked by me 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
the legal name you have cannot be duplicated...it can be similar. that's legal.
if it's a small biz the legal name would be the owner / dba the company name. So you cant have two of the same DBA ....
if you have more questions, contact your state business license department.
2006-09-20 16:14:56 · answer #1 · answered by tryinthis2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's an interesting question!
2016-08-20 06:03:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The trademark regulations interior the united kingdom provide you particular undemanding-regulation rights to evade others from making use of an identical mark, whether you haven't any longer registered it everywhere. See a solicitor approximately your thoughts for paying for them to end and desist from making use of your form in an identical (if no longer comparable) field.
2016-10-01 05:01:54 · answer #3 · answered by gangwer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are they using it on a national or state level? If its state level you can contact your Secretary of State and register a Trade Name which usually goes into effect the day you file the paperwork.
2006-09-20 16:54:22 · answer #4 · answered by Jim R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be infringement whether or not your trademarked it yet. Of course, in order to legally enforce a trademark, you will need to register it before you sue.
2006-09-20 16:17:25 · answer #5 · answered by Brand X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same name.... no.
Similar names..... look at the case of Microsoft and Lindows. MS sued Lindows for using a name so similar to Windows. MS won.
2006-09-20 16:20:50 · answer #6 · answered by This Is Not Honor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as your real small you can get away with it, but should you become successfully it will be a problem, but in your case I don't think you have to worry about this, because if you can't even think up an original name for your business your never going to be successfully at it
2006-09-20 16:21:11 · answer #7 · answered by acid tongue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no its not legal its actually plagarism
2006-09-20 16:13:45 · answer #8 · answered by poony!!! 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋