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magnum Apr 8, 2002

What do you do for a living now and why do you want to switch to this field?

mrenticon Apr 8, 2002

right now i'm living off the state on unemployment. i was doing desktop support work. i believe that with so many layoffs, the need for support personnel has dropped off. my brother-in-law asked if...

web-toedchloe Apr 9, 2002

My boyfriend's thinking of starting up his own web design business like you because the job market for even that is kind of dry right now. He went to Northhampton in PA and got his associates, and...

mrenticon Apr 9, 2002

knowing what and where to register everything was the hard part. doing it was no big deal.

theremin Apr 12, 2002

Are you trademarked or are you merely "DBA?" In either case, I may have some questions for you of my own curiosity.

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bwpOG 2002

(note: i changed handles)


my company is a sole proprietership. if ur by urself, u can register as that, or an S corporation, or a regular corporation or a LLC. feel free to email me, or post.


brian

P.C. Integrity

theremin thereminOG 2002

Actually, I didn't mean what you registered as. Simple misunderstanding. What I meant was, did you trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. ..or did you just get a DBA ("Doing Business As") license through the county clerk's office? You see, I think I'm pretty sure that what I want is a sole proprietership. I probably wouldn't bother registering as anything else, unless it was a partnership, obviously (and it's not). It's just that I don't know about the specifics on going about setting it up, legally. Plus, I believe that after you file for a trademark, you have to try and sit still for roughly a whole year, before you hear word about its approval. How would I protect myself in the meantime, you know? I guess I would go for the DBA first, then file for the trademark.. that way the DBA holds me over for a year's time. Drop me an eZabel message to my personal inbox -- if you would -- with your e-mail address and/or AIM screenname (if you have one). Thanks.

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