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#1 (permalink)   06-01-2010 bobbis New Member   Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 32 Possible dumb question about my business name.... I have purchased my domain name "The Distinguished Assistant" which is also the name I want my company to be. Since it was available as a domain, how can i be sure it's available as a business name for sure? I've searched and searched and it has not come up anywhere. What's the best way for me to have this name as my own? Do I need to trademark? I think I know the answer already but I really want to be sure.

#2 (permalink)   06-01-2010 BusiMum Contributing Member Company name: Samurai Office Services   Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 236 Re: Possible dumb question about my business name.... I am from Australia so it is probably a little different if you are elsewhere in the world. Here we have to register our business names through a government office. This same office also has a business name lookup service, so that you can see if what you want is taken or similar to someone else. Once you get it registered than yes you can get it trademarked so that no-one else can use it. Cheers Fiona

#3 (permalink)   06-02-2010 AM/PM Virtual Assistants Contributing Member Company name: AM/PM Virtual Office Assistants   Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 81 Re: Possible dumb question about my business name.... In the U.S. we can search through the secretary of state's website for the state in which we live. Google your state's secretary of state's site and follow the link to corporations. You can search the name and if it doesn't appear, then claim it as your own. As Fiona said, once you complete your application, they will let you know if it is taken. However, you should be able to search for yourself as well as I stated above. Good luck! Lynn __________________ Lynn Mallory AM/PM Virtual Office Assistants, LLC

#4 (permalink)   06-02-2010 DianaEnnen Junior Member Company name: Virtual Word Publishing My latest Twitter: DianaEnnen: Next week I'm going to be on Laur...   Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Margate, Florida Posts: 265 Re: Possible dumb question about my business name.... Hi You can also see if it's been trademarked here. http://www.uspto.gov/ Thanks! Diana Ennen Virtual Word Publishing / www.virtualwordpublishing.com