Trademark registration

Rails
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Hi,

sorry if this is considered off-topic, however I suspect that this list
is full of people developing their own web apps who would appreciate
this kind of information, so:

I was wondering whether anybody would be willing to share his/her
experience with trademarking a web app’s name(/logo) in the US. What are
the alternatives, and what is the best/most affordable way to do it?

Thanks!
Ingo

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Ingo W. wrote:

Hi,

sorry if this is considered off-topic, however I suspect that this list
is full of people developing their own web apps who would appreciate
this kind of information, so:

I was wondering whether anybody would be willing to share his/her
experience with trademarking a web app’s name(/logo) in the US. What are
the alternatives, and what is the best/most affordable way to do it?

Thanks!
Ingo

Call an IP attorney. The first step is to search the USPTO archives for
the mark you want to protect, to make sure it’s available. When you’re
convinced it is available, then your attorney will file the necessary
paperwork and if you’re lucky, you get registration for the mark. If the
process goes smoothly, it’s several months to a year. Costs depend on a
lot of things (like if you have to defend your mark to the PTO
examiners). I’d plan to spend about $5k.

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Ouch, I didn’t plan to spend $5k for this… Actually, after hearing
Ryan
Carson (DropSend) saying that he would next time not pay a lawyer for
this since it’s easy (in the UK), i was kind of hoping that the same is
true in the US. I am wondering whether anybody on this list has done
this WITHOUT a lawyer?

Ingo