My partner wants to start a construction/real estate business called "Thunderbird Enterprises." I went online and found out that the name Thunderbird is taken. He said that unless it's taken in Missouri for a construction company, it doesn't count. True?
2006-11-06 13:53:11 · 3 answers · asked by spaynneuter 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
Not entirely. You'll want to make sure that there isn't a party that has prior trademark or common-law rights to the name within your industry. For instance, if a company has the Federal trademark on the name (or even something similar to it), that's going to be an issue, even if they are based in a different state.
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.
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
2006-11-08 02:08:10 · answer #1 · answered by TM Express™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=l&hl=en&q=Thunderbird&near=missouri&ie=UTF8&z=9&om=1
2006-11-06 13:57:02 · answer #2 · answered by DTS 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/SearchResults.asp?FormName=CorpNameSearch&Words=Starting&SearchStr=thunderbird&SearchType=Search Let me know what you think............. this should help.>>>>>
2006-11-06 13:56:45 · answer #3 · answered by AMY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋