The first step is to go to your local patent office right away before someone else takes your ideas.
You cannot copyright a business name, but you can register it as a trademark.
No. A name is a trademark as in a business . Copyright is a protection of written material. Your name is not written material.
Copyright. (Name of the business)
A typical notation includes the copyright symbol, the year, and the name of the rightsholder. See the bottom of this page for an example.A copyright notation is not an absolute necessity for copyright protection.
Names are not eligible for copyright protection. However, if you intend to use the name as a mark in trade, such as a business name, you may wish to register it as a trademark.
Short phrases such as business names are not copyrightable. If you wish to trademark the name, fees vary significantly.
Business names cannot be protected by copyright, but you can register it as a trademark for $375 on paper, $275 electronically.
No. It copyright and you are not the copyright owner. If you have a contract to use the site to sell your products then you do so under your business name and not that of the hosts.I.e. If you sell from your own business through Amazon then you are not Amazon and your business name will appear as the "partner" retailer/supplier. If you give the impression through documents, graphics etc that you are the host then the host has a right to sue under breach of copyright.
Short phrases like business names cannot be protected. They can be protected through trademark law, however.
You can register it as a trademark in each country in which you intend to do business.
Names, titles and common words/phrases cannot be copyrighted. The can be registered as trademarks however.
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