This is pretty cool, if you find information about trademarking cool. Those of us who deal with domain names and company names need to be up on this trademark stuff. The original name I had for my company was far cooler than the one I’ve got, but even though the domain name was available at the time, somebody owned the trademark on it, so I had to punt.

Anyway, this page features a countdown of lists of things to keep in mind regarding trademarks:

  • 10 Steps to Registering a Trademark
  • 9 Types of Trademarks
  • 8 Ways to Pass the Confusion Infringement Test
  • 7 Ways to Determine if a Mark Is Too Famous to Fool With
  • 6 Places to Search for Existing Trademarks
  • 5 Types of Marks You Cannot Register
  • 4 Ways to Protect a Descriptive Mark
  • 3 Ways to Create a Distinctive Mark
  • 2 Ways to Invalidate an Incontestable Trademark
  • 1 Way to Define a Trademark

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