mhsu408purchase
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA
I am starting my company and am going to register my fictitious business name. The only thing is that I am unsure about the timing of when to do the fictitious name filing vs. the trademark filing.
It seems like it makes more sense to do the trademark filing first because the fictitious name filing requires newspaper publication (which means that my name will be public) and it seems that it would be safer to have the trademark app filed prior to having my name publicized in the newspaper as a requirement of getting the fictitious name.
Is there a preferred order on which should get filed first ("filed", when talking about the trademark, meaning when the app should be filed versus getting the actual trademark)? Thanks!
I am starting my company and am going to register my fictitious business name. The only thing is that I am unsure about the timing of when to do the fictitious name filing vs. the trademark filing.
It seems like it makes more sense to do the trademark filing first because the fictitious name filing requires newspaper publication (which means that my name will be public) and it seems that it would be safer to have the trademark app filed prior to having my name publicized in the newspaper as a requirement of getting the fictitious name.
Is there a preferred order on which should get filed first ("filed", when talking about the trademark, meaning when the app should be filed versus getting the actual trademark)? Thanks!