Category: trademarks

Competitive Brand Name Research »

By admin on Mar 7, 2010 in competitive names, name testing, naming research, naming strategy, trademarks | 0 Comments

Many of you may find yourselves constantly fighting to grab top of mind awareness and preference for your key brand names.  One tactic that will help insure victory is to thoroughly analyze your competitors’ names, nomenclature system and naming architecture.  Competitive brand name research can address issues like: Which names are driving the most traffic [...]

Apple iSlate Name Good or Bad »

By admin on Jan 23, 2010 in best names, brand naming, controversial names, naming linguistic issues, product names, trademarks | 0 Comments

As the January 27th announcement of Apple’s new tablet PC fast approaches, many have speculated on its name.  While the inside favorite seems to be the iSlate, others are offering up alternatives like the iTablet, the iPad, etc.  Regardless of what is announced on the 27th, here are some of our thoughts regarding the iSlate [...]

Overcoming Trademark Issues in New Product Naming »

By admin on May 3, 2009 in naming research, naming tips, trademarks | 0 Comments

In working with trademark attorneys for over 20 years, we believe that most are very conservative when it comes to new product naming and interpreting trademark law.  While this may keep you out of trademark infringement lawsuits, it also sometimes eliminates potentially viable, strong names because they have some degree of TM registration risk.  We have seen cases where companies avoid using a “risky” name [...]

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