Send to a Friend

Akua's avatar

Is it illegal or breach some kind of trademark law to name my home business after the title of my one of my favorite books?

Asked by Akua (4730points) November 28th, 2010

I guess the title speaks says it all. I have had a small home-based business for a couple of years and although I never really made much money from it other than a couple of hundred dollars a year, I never really put much energy into developing it either until now. So I recently got an application for a NYC tax ID number so I can officially start this business but I need a name for it. I started thinking of a name and immediately the title of one of my favorite books by Alice Walker sprang to mind. The name is perfect in every way for the type of business I have and I wanted to know if I could legally use the title of the book for my business or will I get in trouble? Does it violate any type of copyright or trademark? How do I find out?

Using Fluther

or

Using Email

Separate multiple emails with commas.
We’ll only use these emails for this message.