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Does anyone have any knowledge in this area? In my free time I write personal software projects in Delphi and Lazarus (Object Pascal), these past few months I have developed quite an impressive library and suite of custom controls.
Anyway I have plans for either towards the end of the year, or next year to setup my own website where I can start putting some of my projects on.
My question is, say I named my website and custom controls etc something like MySoftwareXYZ (obviously not the real name), what measures do I need to take to prevent someone coming along and taking the name I have been using?
I had a quick look earlier this morning at registering company names, trademark names etc and not sure if I am looking in the right place for the right thing to be honest, not to mention some of the fees I saw floating around could easily be £500 and over.
So simply put, what is the cheapest method and what do I need to do to register a name that I will be using for my website and developed projects? You know in programs, the Help > About box you often find Copyright and All Registered Trademarks disclaimers etc. Obviously just putting it in there means nothing as someone could steal the name I have in mind.
I just need to register a name I have in mind that nobody else can take, I guess also things like Logos etc apply aswell thanks.
Anyway I have plans for either towards the end of the year, or next year to setup my own website where I can start putting some of my projects on.
My question is, say I named my website and custom controls etc something like MySoftwareXYZ (obviously not the real name), what measures do I need to take to prevent someone coming along and taking the name I have been using?
I had a quick look earlier this morning at registering company names, trademark names etc and not sure if I am looking in the right place for the right thing to be honest, not to mention some of the fees I saw floating around could easily be £500 and over.
So simply put, what is the cheapest method and what do I need to do to register a name that I will be using for my website and developed projects? You know in programs, the Help > About box you often find Copyright and All Registered Trademarks disclaimers etc. Obviously just putting it in there means nothing as someone could steal the name I have in mind.
I just need to register a name I have in mind that nobody else can take, I guess also things like Logos etc apply aswell thanks.