I already have good names I use - can I register and protect them?

If you want to register your name as a trade mark, with the significant protections that gives you, it must not only be available, but also registrable in its own right - for example, it must be distinctive, and it must relate to particular goods or services. This is because registration means you get a virtual monopoly over the use of the name, and that is not a privilege lightly given. And if you register a European Community or other international mark, you can get protection throughout the whole of the European Union, and elsewhere.

For further information please contact Alex Craig, call 0191 211 7911 or alternatively email us at advice@muckle-llp.com 

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