Credits Question

1. cohenim
   Member

   
   I know in the credits of a motion picture you see "whatever films present." Sometimes these trademarks take up to 5 years to acquire. If you have your own website and own the domain name could you put something like "something.com presents" and not have to worry about getting a trademark because you own the domain name? Any help is appreciated.

   Posted 6 years ago #

2. Endeavor
   Member

   
   Like copyrights, a trademark does not have to be registered to be legal. If you can place a TM next to our logo to show it is yours, you own the trademark. When you register a trademark, which I beleive costs $50/year with the federal gov't (and I never heard anything about it taking 5 years) then you can place the R in a circle.
   
   A trade name is different. In order to operate under a business name in your state (other than just your name) then you have to register a trade name with the state. In Colorado it costs $8/year and takes about 5 minutes at the department of revenue (where you get your drivers license). When you register your trade name, nobody else can operate under that name in your state.

   Posted 6 years ago #

3. cohenim
   Member

   
   Endeavor,
   
   
   I forgot one aspect about the TM. I forgot to mention that I wanted to use it on a national/ worldwide level. Sorry about leaving that detail out. What would you suggest in regards to this level as far as registering and researching to see if there are any others using the name. I'm shooting for worldwide distribution. Any info helps.

   Posted 6 years ago #

4. compusolver
   Member

   
   Why not go straight to the source -
   
   http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/
   
   There is a single organization overseeing domain name registrations, although they sub out actual management of different suffix domains, so you are assured that if you own mydomain.com, no one else can use it.
   
   There is one caution though. As a web developer, over the years I've seen lots of clients lose their domain names by various means:
   * Forgetting their login info and forgetting to renew the domain
   * Unscrupulous domain resellers whose contracts (in the fine print) actually say that THEY and not YOU own the domain name. They use this as leverage to keep you on their hosting servers.
   
   My advice? If you aren't registered through godaddy.com, then transfer from your current registrar to godaddy.com right away. Keep your domain login info in a safe place.

   Posted 6 years ago #

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