PM: wrath lawyeristas
IP question.
I have a very small LtdCo through which I supply my services in one sector. I've recently built up a business in an entirely different and unrelated sector and need (and have) a name for that other business (if my LtdCo is called AB Ltd, this new thing can trade as BA, basically, where A and B are single syllables).
Should I:
a) register BA as a trademark (£170)
b) register BA as its own company, owned by AB, and leave it non-trading (all the money comes through my little LtdCo) to protect the name
c) not bother too much and just use both names
The sums of money involved in my LtdCo are not substantial and I'm reluctant to spend any more than I need to. But BA is about to come to attention in the sector it operates in and I don't know if I should act to protect or at least establish ownership of the name or something. There is no registered trademark for either AB or BA and there is AB Ltd, a (very small) company which I own.
Posted By: Old Man on July 9th 2021 at 14:05:13
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- PM: wrath lawyeristas (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 9, 14:05:13
- Don’t thing British Airways will like it ! (n/m) (General Chat) - helvegtheowl, Jul 9, 16:44:15
- you could change the name of your little company ltd. to BA (General Chat) - pinkney, Jul 9, 14:40:33
- weelllllll *sucks teeth* it'll cost ya... (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 9, 14:21:10
- I would go (a) and (b) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 9, 15:01:50
- new business innit (General Chat) - CWC, Jul 9, 17:09:38
- The classic example of unrelated is WWF....... (General Chat) - usacanary, Jul 9, 14:52:20
- Thanks - that was my inclination as well but good to have it confirmed (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 9, 14:22:29
- (and I've checked all names on databases, trademark tools etc and no-one else uses either) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jul 9, 14:23:48
- I would go (a) and (b) (General Chat) - Old Git, Jul 9, 15:01:50
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