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Steve Douglas on May 6th, 2008

After spending some time on naming your new company, registering that matching domain name, we’re now ready to get down to business – the point of this entire series – designing a logo. Before we start scribbling away, we’re going to take a look at some things you’ll need to kick around during our upcoming [...]

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Steve Douglas on May 6th, 2008

An important part of naming your company is how that name will impact, or be impacted by, your web address. If you’ve already established your company moniker, and registered a reflective domain, you can skip this part. You’re on good stead to move forward. If, on the other hand, you’re struggling to come up with [...]

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Steve Douglas on May 5th, 2008

A look at the often confusing arena of trademarks, how they apply to your company name, and the types of trademarks you can choose from. We left off the previous installment of our designing a logo series after discussing various aspects of naming a company. This time around, we’re going to discuss ways to protect [...]

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Steve Douglas on April 29th, 2008

Shouldn’t be surprised really. A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a fairly in-depth article addressing one of my pet peeves – are logo design contest sites legal – which garnered quite a lot of attention via blog and forum links. The majority of comments on the feature agreed with my basic (though admittedly non-lawyer) [...]

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Steve Douglas on April 12th, 2008

Before I begin I should probably point out that I’m not a lawyer, nor do I play one on the tee vee. Thus, my legal advice, and whatever opinions I offer, are worth exactly what you paid for them. Nada. Having said that, I’m of the opinion that logo design contests, not the cute effort [...]

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