Searching and securing a trademark before publishing your app.
As I was thinking about a name for my app it occured to me that I should do a search to see if the name I come up with is already trademarked. I figured it would be good to avoid any legal problems or potential lawsuits.
So I wondered how many apps currently in the AppStore have secured a trademark. I did a search for a few of the popular apps under trademarks and you'd be surprise that some didn't have any kind of trademark and it could be a case where they couldn't trademark a word or name.
Nonetheless I think you should at least search to make sure your app name isn't infringing on someone's trademark and void legal lawsuits. It could save time and money to just do a search and see and if there isn't any trademark then you can secure it for you own brand.
If you want to do a trademark search I went to the United States Patent and Trademark Office search site and it's free http://www.uspto.gov/main/sitesearch.htm
- Ngenious - 20% creative 20% resourceful 20% cleverness 40% persistence = 100% ingenious
So I wondered how many apps currently in the AppStore have secured a trademark. I did a search for a few of the popular apps under trademarks and you'd be surprise that some didn't have any kind of trademark and it could be a case where they couldn't trademark a word or name.
Nonetheless I think you should at least search to make sure your app name isn't infringing on someone's trademark and void legal lawsuits. It could save time and money to just do a search and see and if there isn't any trademark then you can secure it for you own brand.
If you want to do a trademark search I went to the United States Patent and Trademark Office search site and it's free http://www.uspto.gov/main/sitesearch.htm
- Ngenious - 20% creative 20% resourceful 20% cleverness 40% persistence = 100% ingenious
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Comment by Doug Hogg on December 29, 2009 at 5:24pm -
This article might explain why so many apps do not have registered trademarks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trademark
"Proprietary rights in relation to a trademark may be established through actual use in the marketplace, or through registration of the mark with the trademarks office (or "trademarks registry") of a particular jurisdiction. In some jurisdictions, trademark rights can be established through either or both means"
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