I would definitely lawyer up and defend it. On Sun, Feb 8, 2015 at 8:49 PM, Sean Heskett <af...@zirkel.us> 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 <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> 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 <af...@zirkel.us> 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 <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> >>> 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 >>>> >>> >>
