I am not a lawyer - if you're playing the "protection" game then you should definitely be asking a lawyer, not us ;)
But here's my .02: at this stage, this is another distraction. I don't have a horse in this race, and I don't care how you spend your money, but you have to ask yourself...what are you *actually* protecting here? Are you in this for making your community better, or to spend your days waging war with a couple of knuckleheads in your neighborhood? *To quote a longtime friend: there's two ways to build the biggest building in town. One is to tear everybody else's towers down. The other is to build the biggest tower in town. * You already avoided going into business with them. Now step above them by working with abundance mindset. Work on making your community so great that nobody could take it from you no matter what they try. If you want to start a coworking space, you're gonna want people who are business savvy...but also who are generous and collaborative. Otherwise nobody wants to help each other. Which means it's *so important* for you to lead from the top, and resist the instinct to clam up and defend yourself every time somebody else does something stupid. Again. I have no horse in your race. I'm just noticing your reactiveness, calling attention to it, and suggesting that you've got a longer game you can play. -Alex p.s. I also just watched "The Founder" - great example of the many reasons I'm suspicious of JV's ;) ------------------ *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Heather Lavergne < heather.laver...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would say that it's a fairly small amount to pay to protect something > you have worked so hard for. > > Watch the movie Founder... > > Heather Lavergne > 512.689.2698 > > > On May 11, 2017, at 8:02 AM, Kevin Haggerty <kevinrhagge...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > So, for those of you who have been following, some of this is repeat > info, but the short summary is this: > > > > We were working with landlords who pretended to believe in our idea to > bring coworking to our community, jacked up the rent to an unbelievable > amount they knew we couldn't pay so we have to walk away, and are now > trying to do the space without us -- which we now suspect was they plan all > along. > > > > Additionally, I've gotten wind that they even intend to try and use the > name we'd been using for the movement, Cowork Gloucester VA. > > > > I own and have always owned the domain (www.coworkGloucesterVA.com), as > well as the Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts with the same namesake. > > > > Yesterday, we created our LLC with the same name, filed our trade name > paperwork with the County, got our business license with that name, and, I > think, checked all of those boxes. > > > > Additionally, I also filed for the trademark online, and here's where my > question comes in: > > > > In order to finalize the trademark, I need to pay another $275 for the > filing fee. I'd rather not so that if I don't have to. Do you think the > trademark is overkill, or is it necessary? With all the other things I've > squared away, even without the trademark, wouldn't infringement be easy to > prove if they try and use our name? > > > > Thanks! > > > > -- > > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > > --- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Coworking" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Coworking" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
