maybe im planning on selling functional cold fusion and lossless socks On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
> I would definitely lawyer up and defend it. > > On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My point was once you have it registered etc do you have the resource >> (financially) to defend what you have protected? If someone started using >> your mark can you throw down lawyer up and go after them? >> >> I bring this up because we had looked a getting a patent for a product we >> designed and produced. We decided in the end that the money spent on >> obtaining the patent and potentially defending the patent just wasn't worth >> it. So far no one has copied the idea and honestly I wouldn't care if >> someone did because it's an insignificant product compared to everything >> else we do at our business. So just because you can obtain the protection >> of a patent or trademark it might not be financially wise because you don't >> have the resources to lawyer up and defend it. >> >> Just my opinion. >> >> If you have a valuable idea or mark then by all means protect it. >> Otherwise in my opinion it's an expensive piece of paper that will reside >> in a filing cabinet. >> >> >> >> On Sunday, February 8, 2015, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I spent the money to trademark the logo, namemark, and slogan. I hired >>> an intellectual property attorney to do it and it was about $2500 for all >>> three. >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 6:29 PM, Sean Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Do you have the resources to defend the trademark? >>>> >>>> If you are forming the next Facebook or Instagram then yeah I'd get all >>>> the legalese done. If it's just your small company in your home town it's >>>> probably a waste of time and money. >>>> >>>> 2 cents YMMV IMNAL >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sunday, February 8, 2015, That One Guy <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> For those of you that have transitioned from a guy on his living room >>>>> doing some stuff for people on the side to a functional business, was >>>>> trademarking your company name something that mattered or something you >>>>> wish you had done. For simple name protection Legalzoom does the >>>>> registration and gets your logo in the right digital format and whatever >>>>> other crap for about 450 bucks. >>>>> >>>>> Is that worth it for something thats still in a living room? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that >>>>> the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you >>>>> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do >>>>> not >>>>> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 >>>>> >>>> >>> > -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
