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of all the information on copy right and trade marking on the internet, ive found none of it definitive or helpful so ive resorted to the good old assistance of the OT forum instead.

so im thinking about protecting a name. a title to be more specific. say for arguements sake a title of a film ive produced (its not). its nothing to do with the content of the film im protecting just the title and brand that may become as such from the popularity of the title.

can i do it?
is it copy right or trade mark? - im guessing trade mark???
where do i got ot register it?
and any other helpful advice any one can give would be greatfully recieved.

I remember terry saying its all well and good paying to protect something but if u aint got the money to sue the people infringing ur copy right or trade mark it doesnt make a difference really.

trademark. Have you checked out www.ipo.gov.uk should find what you need there.

Hi Sandie

Copyright and Trade Marks are different areas. but this should help


Trade Mark

You were sailing close to the trademark wind with 'Toys 'R' Ass'!!! !wink! !grin!

Liked the title, though- it made me laugh.

It is possible to trademark something as long as you're not using a generic term

ie Big Mac, yes, hamburger, no.

Interestingly, asprin is a generic term in the UK, and a trademark in the US.

It seems wording and pronunciation can also be trademarked. It seems the people who own the rights to the James Bond branding have trademark on the term 'double o seven' as the Fiat (?) 1007 car is forbidden to be referred to as the 'one double o seven' but must be called one of the other variants, such as 'one o o seven.

So could also be a very tricky are to get into as well.

You'd probably need a lawyer specialling in copyright patents and intellectual rights.

Sandie

Terry has a very valid point. There is no point in protecting a name, unless you have the financial resources to sue, if it comes to it.

If you do decide to get a trademark (or is it a patent?), there is then the issues related to making sure that you have worldwide coverage for it.

Could be expensive.

Well worth using Google Alerts if you do get it all done. Google will alert you by email or txt every time a certain name is used on any of the pages it indexes.

hi mr mark - long time no speak.

yeah ive just found out about google alerts and am yet to set them up but think they sound pretty cool. im thinking of being a complete narsassit and setting one up for the term sandie caine to see how popular i am. lol

cheers for the help guys.

Damian has just pointed out that the person i was trying to protect my term from has a smaller market than me so they wouldnt cause too much damage anyway. well not enough to warrant all this trouble.

any more advice is still welcome tho.