Working Moms Blog » Law & Ethics http://www.workingmomsblog.com taking a time out for mom Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:08:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Do I have rights to my business name if I didn’t file a trademark? http://www.workingmomsblog.com/2009/10/do-i-have-rights-to-my-business-name-if-i-didnt-file-a-trademark/ http://www.workingmomsblog.com/2009/10/do-i-have-rights-to-my-business-name-if-i-didnt-file-a-trademark/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:09:17 +0000 workingmom http://workingmomsblog.com/2009/10/do-i-have-rights-to-my-business-name-if-i-didnt-file-a-trademark/
Short story…
I own a business called Boutique Web Designs. I registered the domain in 3/2/2007 and I have been actively using both the name and domain. I never filed for a trademark. I just noticed that someone in the same industry is using the domain Boutique Web Design (they only dropped the s). Do I have any rights to the name?

Thanks you in advance :)

PS: I am a WAHM (work at home Mom). I don’t have $$$ to go out and hire an attorney.
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