Unlock The Secrets To Successful Domain Name Registration

By Mark A. Abrahams

I find that a domain name is key to a successful internet business. I remember the very first time that I started my internet business. I had just registered my domain name and had my website pointing to my domain. This is the equivalent in a conventional business to opening a shop or office and having a welcome party.

Metaphorically your domain name represents your keys to a lifestyle of freedom. The internet is associated with working from home and no commuting to an office. Being able to work whenever you want as your website is open 24 hours for business you need to just check in once a day to answer support emails and make sure that your website is operational.

Now getting to the serious side of a domain name. It is critical for your business to succeed.
Think about all the very popular websites like Google, Digg, Youtube and Yahoo they all have short catchy names that kind of represent their logo or internet identity. Would you visit Google frequently if you had to type in a long name that was not memorable. I am sure that this demonstrates the impact of choosing a good domain name has on your business.

So let us look at the process of choosing a good name. When you choose one make sure that it represents your business. If you are running a used Chevrolet dealer then you can choose one like Chevrolet Cars. The name can have a hyphen or just the two words combined together. I am sure that you get the idea.

Once you are ready choose a well known registrar and check if the name is available. Once you have confirmed this complete the registration process and payment. In most cases the process will complete before 24 hours is up.

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Mark Abrahams is a full time internet marketer who has helped others to earn a living online.

Benefits Of Trademark Registration In India

By P.M.George Kutty

In the Indian Union, trademark (brand name) rights arise through use as a trademark. There is no legal requirement to register a trademark. However, there are multiple benefits to having a trademark registered with the Indian Trade Marks Registry (TMR).

Trademark registration is perhaps the most important piece of a company’s intellectual property protection program. Without trademark registration, a company relies solely upon common law rights in the geographic area in which it uses the trademark. Most significantly, without registration, a latecomer may register a mark identical or similar to the company’s mark. This registration by another user may block the expansion of the company’s use of its trademark in other areas or may block the company’s later attempt to register its trademark.

That’s definitely a hard pill to swallow for the company which could have averted these problems with early registration. If the company had registered it prior to the other user, the TMR would have denied the other’s same or confusingly similar trademark. In addition, the company would always have rights superior to the latecomer, and would not be blocked in its expansion plans.

In addition to the above, trademark registration benefits include:

• Trademark registration provides constructive notice of the registration, and defeats a claim that an infringer did not know that the company’s trademark was registered;

• Trademark registration establishes jurisdiction to file a trademark infringement action at plaintiff’s place of business;

• Trademark registration may be the basis for awarding damages;

• Trademark registration establishes the presumptive right of the trademark owner to use the trademark throughout the country;

• The presumptive right can become incontestable with use of the mark within five years and one month;

• Other companies that conduct a trademark search prior to adopting a trademark would most likely NOT adopt a mark closely the same or similar to the company’s trademark;

• A registration on the Trademarks Register can be the basis for the seizure of counterfeit or infringing merchandise; and

• For those companies that wish to expand internationally, the date of registration may be used as the priority date in other countries, if they are a member of an international treaty, such as the Paris Convention.

P.M.George Kutty, Attorney at Law of http://www.pmgip.com