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minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoNames aren’t directly trademarkable.
minus-squarehumorlessrepost@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months ago“Directly” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Try opening a finance company called Marcus or glasses called Warby Parker.
minus-squarejmcs@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoYou just need to do the kind of mess that lands you in the news in such a way that people associate Name+Trade Area with you and you alone. I’m pretty sure that if Madoff had tried to trademark his surname for financial services before he croaked it would have been granted.
Names aren’t directly trademarkable.
“Directly” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.
Try opening a finance company called Marcus or glasses called Warby Parker.
You just need to do the kind of mess that lands you in the news in such a way that people associate Name+Trade Area with you and you alone.
I’m pretty sure that if Madoff had tried to trademark his surname for financial services before he croaked it would have been granted.