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#1 (permalink)   10-13-2008 helpyoumarket New Member   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Washington Posts: 17 Input on National Regulations for Naming a Business? Does anyone know anything about the laws as far as naming a company goes? If you find a name that you like and it is being used by another company in another state for a different kind of business, and does not have a federal TM can you use the name? What do you think of using a name that has a pretty significant web presence but is not used for anything similar to your field and is not registered in your state? When searching names on the web just about any name you come up with seems to be used over and over again so how do you come up with a dynamic name that is original?

#2 (permalink)   12-05-2008 mwanje1103 Contributing Member   Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nairobi, Kenya, Africa Posts: 51 Re: Input on National Regulations for Naming a Business? Where i come from you have to apply for that business name through the registrar of companies. Of course there are also trademark, copyright and patent laws in place that guard your business name.

#3 (permalink)   12-05-2008 Rebecka Melson Resident Member Company name: Virtual Business Services   Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Oklahoma, USA Posts: 1,119 Re: Input on National Regulations for Naming a Business? You have to register your business name in the State your in, as long as its available in your State you can use it. __________________ Rebecka Melson ~ Virtual Business Services