Re: A thought-provoking question for legality re: my business name...

Posted by Mike O'Handley On 2012/3/26 10:25:29

I own the trademark for my webzine and getting it from someone whose sole reason for having it was to withhold it from me was a little bit of a battle and took four years.

No disrespect meant for those providing these long answers, but unless they are patent and trademark attorneys they don't know what the hell they're talking about and this isn't something that should be asked here - this is something you need to discuss with a patent and trademark attorney in private. Patents and Trademarks are a specialized practice and even licensed attorneys that don't work in patent and trademark work can give you really bad advice as I know all too well.

Spend and hour and a few hundred bucks to confer with a patent and trademark attorney. He'll sit down at his computer, hit a few keys, read for about twenty seconds and then tell you in no uncertain terms how and when, if you can, you can use the name Packard.

Believe me, it's money and time well spent.