Name Questions

I'm working for a non-profit company, and I was wondering what your thoughts are on the following options for the primary domain name: thexyzalliance.org txyz.org thexyz.org Originally, I was...

Domain Name

asked Apr 28 '12 at 11:24

Blacktie24
104 points

We are about to launch our new B2C startup (based in Germany targetting the German-speaking market first, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland), but hopefully later expanding to English-speaking...

Trademark Name

asked Apr 22 '12 at 22:55

Yoav Aner
318 points

I have a great idea for a company name, but it requires the semicolon character ; in order to work. Do you think it would be possible to have a semicolon in the company name? I know...

Company Branding Trademark Name

asked Mar 16 '12 at 01:07

Eero Heikkinen
118 points

I am starting my own LLC internet-based service business (this will be just a one man shop - me). I would like to try to remain as personally anonymous as possible (not because of anything illegal,...

Legal Legal Documents Name

asked Mar 7 '12 at 12:37

Kay
9 points

The name Microsoft logically consists of two words - micro and soft. On .cn zone sites I often see it written as MicroSoft, and it just looks terrible. I am starting a mobile platform...

Branding Name

asked Feb 25 '12 at 10:08

Maxim V. Pavlov
217 points

What exactly is a legal entity? I am trying to form a sole-proprietorship company in the state of California. Is this considered a legal entity? How can I set up the name for this company, other...

Definitions Legal Entity Name

asked Jan 29 '12 at 15:19

Crystal
51 points

I live in Austria, Europe. I am a software developer and I would like to distribute my software under the name of my company. So I consider the following: I might want to register the name for...

Company Logo Trademark Name

asked Jan 23 '12 at 02:38

Martin
130 points

I'm wondering what, if anything, my company should do about a cease and desist from a huge company. In a nutshell, we received a letter from a senior attorney to "cease any and all use of the trade...

Legal Trademark Name

asked Jan 25 '12 at 06:03

Jamie
128 points

Do I need to get a DBA for a LLC because of the short name? For example if the name of the company is MyBook, LLC, do I need to register for as a DBA if I just put "MyBook" as the name of the...

LLC Name DBA

asked Jan 4 '12 at 17:16

Monty
6 points

I'm thinking of starting a small web design company and I want to use the word "Apollo" within it. Is this a word I have to ask permission to use from NASA or something? Especially if I call it...

Copyright Trademark Name

asked Dec 28 '11 at 14:28

Michael Rader
118 points

Nowadays, it seems a lot of startups use the .ly domain. Is there any suggested registar to buy a .ly domain, that is secure? I heard so many stories about guys that have lost their .ly domain...

Domain DNA Name

asked Dec 7 '11 at 16:12

Yoga
116 points

My planned company name ends with "ch", - let's say it's "Velocity Reasearch". velocityreseach.com and velocityresear.ch are both available. Is using a TLD like .ch in this way considered a gimmick...

Website Domain Name

asked Nov 26 '11 at 20:11

Paperjam
394 points

I'm planning to build an addon for a platform, can I register a domain name with that platform's name in it? i.e. iphone-flashlight.com firefox-debugger.com search-onstartups.com What do you...

Legal Trademark Domain Name

asked Nov 27 '11 at 01:11

The Dictator
2,305 points

I'm not sure if my question is a bit paranoid, but still need to at least hear that I am, if so. I am considering starting a little software development company. Initially I want to host a small...

Legal Name

asked Nov 18 '11 at 14:55

Kunjee
11 points

We're based in Canada and are in the process of naming our new business for registration in Canada. We're going to be developing mobile apps. However, we've run into some issues. The name we...

International Registration Name

asked Nov 22 '11 at 13:09

Anon1227
8 points

All nice names are already taken. I want to know that if a domain already exists but I attach some character in the beginning/end of the already registered domain name and get registered, is it...

Getting Started Website Domain Name

asked Oct 28 '11 at 18:51

Naveed
108 points

I came across a somewhat catchy 6 letter name that had a domain still available. I snapped it up but then found out that splitting the name has a meaning in another language that, while not bad, is...

Name

asked Oct 21 '11 at 23:49

Jesse Vogt
118 points

I have some ideas that I plans to execute later. But for the moment, I want to "secure" the name, logo etc. of the business. I for one cannot seem to figure out the difference between the company...

India Trademark Registration Name

asked Sep 28 '11 at 05:32

Sriram
174 points

I have been working at this non-stop for almost a year now, and I can't come up with any names that aren't taken. At this point, I am exhausted. Does anyone have any ideas for thinking of a name?

Name

asked Sep 7 '11 at 14:43

Kevin Soviero
180 points

We are trying to come with some names for our new startup, and wondering if a multiword name is better than a single word names? The startup is going to be focusing on food/cooking. Some of the...

Branding Naming Name

asked Sep 2 '11 at 08:05

Tehnyit
144 points