Re: copyright

> I would like to know there is a requirement to get a copyright for my
> company name,
> which I am also making plans to use it on my website.
> If you suggest that I get a copyright for my company name,  who should I
> contact, what steps
> should I take in getting this done?
>
> Thanks,
> --EP


> Nope. You can't copyright a name. You could register it as a trademark or
> service mark, but that's a whole different ball of wax.
>
> Tracy
> --


For Trademark/Service Mark information, you can start with these URLs:

US PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
http://www.uspto.gov/

Yahoo!Business and Economy: Companies:  Law:  Intellectual Property
http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/Law/Intellectual_Propert
y/


~Donna O. Wenberg

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