Registering a company name of a previously known one?
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Thinking of going solo in terms of IT contracting, and as such it may well be a good idea to do this through a limited company.
I expect it only ever to be me, and its not a "world domination in 2 years" sort of project.
Have been thinking of a company name, and as someone who was part of the home computer boom during the 1980s i've come across the name of an old company of which i had many fond memories. Its not "commodore" or "sinclair" or anything like that.
The company was dissolved over 20 years ago.
I was thinking of registering this as my company name? Certainly i've checked and the company name "can" be registered and so can the domain name.
Likely to be any risk in doing this? Thought it might be quite retro cool and a nod to an era that led me into a career in computing.
I expect it only ever to be me, and its not a "world domination in 2 years" sort of project.
Have been thinking of a company name, and as someone who was part of the home computer boom during the 1980s i've come across the name of an old company of which i had many fond memories. Its not "commodore" or "sinclair" or anything like that.
The company was dissolved over 20 years ago.
I was thinking of registering this as my company name? Certainly i've checked and the company name "can" be registered and so can the domain name.
Likely to be any risk in doing this? Thought it might be quite retro cool and a nod to an era that led me into a career in computing.
might be worth checking no one has the name registered as a trademark
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os.htm
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os.htm
tjl said:
might be worth checking no one has the name registered as a trademark
http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os.htm
Cheers, just did a check there - no name registered as a trademark - or anything near it. http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm/t-os.htm
Yes - just because the original "name" is no longer trading does not mean that the name has not been acquired by some other trading entity.
Back in the lates 1990s, Birmingham Executive Airways changed their name to Birmingham European Airways - and then wanted to call themselves BEA.
They were blocked by British Airways which had been formed in 1974 when the old British European Airways (also known as BEA) merged with BOAC and BA still owned the rights to use BEA for an airline brand if they so wished.
Birmingham European therefore decided to re-brand themselves as Flybe.com - which is what they are known as today.
Back in the lates 1990s, Birmingham Executive Airways changed their name to Birmingham European Airways - and then wanted to call themselves BEA.
They were blocked by British Airways which had been formed in 1974 when the old British European Airways (also known as BEA) merged with BOAC and BA still owned the rights to use BEA for an airline brand if they so wished.
Birmingham European therefore decided to re-brand themselves as Flybe.com - which is what they are known as today.
Eric Mc said:
Yes - just because the original "name" is no longer trading does not mean that the name has not been acquired by some other trading entity.
Back in the lates 1990s, Birmingham Executive Airways changed their name to Birmingham European Airways - and then wanted to call themselves BEA.
They were blocked by British Airways which had been formed in 1974 when the old British European Airways (also known as BEA) merged with BOAC and BA still owned the rights to use BEA for an airline brand if they so wished.
Birmingham European therefore decided to re-brand themselves as Flybe.com - which is what they are known as today.
Equally, However, Victor Lewis-Smith owns a TV production company called Associated Rediffusion and uses the 'adastral star' Back in the lates 1990s, Birmingham Executive Airways changed their name to Birmingham European Airways - and then wanted to call themselves BEA.
They were blocked by British Airways which had been formed in 1974 when the old British European Airways (also known as BEA) merged with BOAC and BA still owned the rights to use BEA for an airline brand if they so wished.
Birmingham European therefore decided to re-brand themselves as Flybe.com - which is what they are known as today.
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