Ask A Bloggy Question: Should You Trademark Your Blog's Name? ♥

Urgh! That bites! Interesting thing to think about though. I don't really have to worry though because Smaggle is a made up word!

Didn't stop stop someone (not me!) snagging the Smaggle twitter handle before I did and then not even using it! Grrrrr!

You will always be the only Frock and Roll for me!

When I started my blog I had some crazy uber long name and URL. A couple years ago I decided to shorten it. I googled the name, nothing came up, the domain was available so I took it.

Since then, I found out an eBay seller has the same name and had it before me. She has the name on eBay as well as Twitter. I think sometimes two people have the same great idea, it's just who decides on it first. If you're first, considering how cheap it is to trademark, I say do it.

It's like becoming an Internet minister or a Notary Public, no one needs to know you did it until it's necessary to use it!

I don't know anything about trademark/copyright law but I imagine if Perez Hilton wanted to, he could trademark the name because of its associations with him and the disgustingly popular and fiscally beneficial site.

That being said, I don't think I would try trademarking or copyrighting any of my blog names or slogans unless I was making a lot of money off of them and was popular.

If you were blogging professionally, I think you'd have to. Now I'm wondering if Perez Hilton does have his name trademarked... interesting topic.

If I start a business blog I'll definitely do some trademarking. I HAVE stumbled across the other Frock and Roll, but it was because I was looking for THIS one. If that tells you anything. ;)

I'm not too worried about my current one. As long as its a blog you can always do a little sleuthing to find out which one came first.

Julie, Kez, Rosie, Amelia, Melanie & Cherie - What chin stroke worthy opinions you provide! Thank-you so much for sharing your thoughts!

You can set up another blog with a similar name but you can't take the following with you. I have not seen the other Frock and Roll but yours has built up a following and a whole identity and personality that can't be replicated.

I'm with the others who probably don't think my blog is "big" or successful enough to trademark. I've also, over the years, become a bit unsatisfied with the name I've chosen for my blog...so I wouldn't mind if I had to change it in the future for whatever reason =p

I've thought about starting a blog lots of times before but I would never guess to trademark anything... But then, why would anybody else want to have the same name as something else? :S I don't get it. I know I wanted to call my blog Sparkle but then searched for it and saw somebody else had it so haven't.

Hmmm. I don't think I would right now. I don't get enough traffic, so chances are that someone else using the name would help me out :P

If I were going to buy my own domain name and leave blogger behind, then I would. Absolutely.

You bring up some pretty interesting points. I think it would be ideal but I also don't know if I'd get around to doing it. I just don't think I'm "big fish" enough.

If someone emerged with an even bigger, more successful blog with the same name as mine I would probably just change my blog title but keep my url (I don't have my own domain anyhow).

Blogging is such a huge phenomenon in today's social networking culture and I can see why it would be beneficial!

I'd trademark the name and the slogan, specially if it was something other than my name.

since my website has my name on it, I don't see why I would trademark that. I might trademark the slogan when I get one that sticks with who an waht I want to portray.

For my freelance business here in Mexico, I registered Maxwell Studio as the name I will be making business under. No need to trademark since, accoording to law, the next person who wants Maxwell Studio will have to think of something that is not similar to my name (specially if they are in the same industry as me).