Reply to: Trade marked word in company name

[northernladyuk]

Spam twitter anonymously about the other company.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Yep, thats the one

For a design company, their website looks tulip.

[vwdan]

This is one of the reasons I just ended up using my name as a company name when I first started.

Same - I spent hours and hours trying to come up with a good, unique name that wasn't registered or used elsewhere. Gave up in the end.

[northernladuk]

now I need to come up with some lovely new name, that is also safe against all this PITA stuff!

22nd Century Fox hasn't been trademarked in the UK. Get that and in a about 80 years or so you can sell it for a fortune. Easy.

[BradMcA]

talked to a solicitor who gave advice

emailed the guy saying I would use another name and he seems sweet, so that should be case closed.

now I need to come up with some lovely new name, that is also safe against all this PITA stuff!

[adubya]

Tell them it's NETE VOLUTION.

[jamesbrown]

Consider renaming to Revolution Design

[BradMcA]

I'll just rename it, bit tulipty that a common word was awarded trademark.

[diseasex]

I have nothing to hide mate

Hi Bradley

[eek]

I'm baffled that anyone granted them a trademark for the word "Evolution"?! It's just a word, in common usage. "Evolution Design", fine, that's two fairly specific words that wouldn't often be said together otherwise.

If they have successfully got a trademark for just "Evolution", then yeah, seems like you're screwed...but that's ridiculous.

If you can be bothered and have the skills, might be worth checking the actual trademark granted. Eg was it literally for that word, or only where it's used in that font/style...so more of an image protection than purely the word.

More generally, I'm gonna see if I can trademark "the", should then be able to threaten millions of businesses.

It's a very broad trademark look at https://www.ipo.gov.uk/tmcase/Result...cySearch=False

[northernladuk]

Edit to say I did initially agree with NL, but on second thoughts find a new name and start rebranding asap - its just not going to be worth the pain....

And that's probably the common sense solution at the end of the day.

[northernladuk]

Would I be right in saying that I could rename the company and keep the domain name as it was registered before the trademark as a potential solution.

I don't mind renaming the company, I have another business idea I am working on but obviously the domain has an email associated to it.

I doubt it. I'd imagine as soon as they prove the trademark they'd have no problems giving them the domain if they challenge it. That said if you don't use it as competition and just an email they might not care.

[Maslins]

I'm baffled that anyone granted them a trademark for the word "Evolution"?! It's just a word, in common usage. "Evolution Design", fine, that's two fairly specific words that wouldn't often be said together otherwise.

If they have successfully got a trademark for just "Evolution", then yeah, seems like you're screwed...but that's ridiculous.

If you can be bothered and have the skills, might be worth checking the actual trademark granted. Eg was it literally for that word, or only where it's used in that font/style...so more of an image protection than purely the word.

More generally, I'm gonna see if I can trademark "the", should then be able to threaten millions of businesses.

[BradMcA]

Would I be right in saying that I could rename the company and keep the domain name as it was registered before the trademark as a potential solution.

I don't mind renaming the company, I have another business idea I am working on but obviously the domain has an email associated to it.

[FrontEnder]

This is one of the reasons I just ended up using my name as a company name when I first started.