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How to Check If Your Startup Name Is Available for Trademark Registration

Trademarkia Free Beginner

Explains the fanciful-vs-descriptive naming spectrum and why arbitrary/made-up names are the strongest and most defensible trademark category - the theory behind why 'Kodak' beats 'Delicious Pizza' as a brand name.

  • Distinguishes fanciful, arbitrary, suggestive and descriptive name categories by trademark strength
  • Walks through the process of checking a name against a trademark database before filing
  • Explains why descriptive names are hardest to protect legally
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It answers 2 questions

  1. Should my brand name be a made-up word, or should it actually describe what I sell?
  2. How do I actually check if a name is free to use - in India and internationally - before I fall in love with it?

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