Not sure which country you're in, but in the UK, if you want to find out whether a name exists, Companies house (http://www.companies-house.gov.uk) allow you to do a search (don't know the US equivalent). In order to protect the name of your label, you'll probably have to Trade mark it and ensure it complies with the Business Names Act. No other record label will be able to either legally use your name or have a similar name. It is possible of course to set up a limited company and leave it dormant until you start releasing stuff (all you'll have to do is do your annual returns etc.) again protecting your name.
Same applies with your logo. Obviously, you'll probably want to make sure that the domain name for your company hasn't already been taken, although this isn't so much of a problem. I've just remember this off the top of my head and I could be talking bollocks. The internet has loads of resources for this kind of stuff. Do a search in google.com for "trade marking company names" "forming companies" etc. Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 2:04 AM Subject: [dnb-prod] copyrighting stuff > hello people, > > Has anyone got any idea how you can copyright a name, as I have thought of a > name for the record label I hope to be starting soon. I need to make sure no > one has it already and if they haven't what I can do to stop other people > using it before I get it up and running? > > Any ideas appreciated > > Cheers > > Andy > > --- > Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk > You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
