Members BDAZ Posted July 2, 2014 Members Report Posted July 2, 2014 Yup! Exactly. Again, having your web site address is a great plus. Phone numbers change faster than web addresses which are cheap. If you don't have one go to the many inexpensive services like Go Daddy and get a web site and put up a page with a phone number and e-mail contact. If it were me I'd have it say Johnson Leathers at the top and Tulsa, OK USA in the middle and www.jJAJleather.com (available) on the bottom. In fact, while I was writing this I received an order through my web site from someone that had seen one of my products and wanted one. Cya! Bob Quote
Members AODfan Posted July 2, 2014 Author Members Report Posted July 2, 2014 Yup! Exactly. Again, having your web site address is a great plus. Phone numbers change faster than web addresses which are cheap. If you don't have one go to the many inexpensive services like Go Daddy and get a web site and put up a page with a phone number and e-mail contact. If it were me I'd have it say Johnson Leathers at the top and Tulsa, OK USA in the middle and www.jJAJleather.com (available) on the bottom. In fact, while I was writing this I received an order through my web site from someone that had seen one of my products and wanted one. Cya! Bob Thanks for the insight Bob. The only reason I am not wanting to go with Johnson, with as a simple name as Johnson, there are already companies out there with "Johnson Leather" as their name. I would rather avoid any legal issues from the start, if you know what I mean. Quote
Members BDAZ Posted July 2, 2014 Members Report Posted July 2, 2014 No legal issues if your name is Johnson. If you and your brother were in business you could call yourself Johnson and Johnson heh heh. No problem but it is easier to remember a simple short name and easier to fit a short web address on a stamp. Again, IMHO J.Johnson is slightly better than J.A. Johnson. That web site should read JAJLeather.com. JJleather.com is also a good one, such a good one that it's take.. Cya! Bob Quote
Members camano ridge Posted July 2, 2014 Members Report Posted July 2, 2014 If there is no J. Johnson Leather or J.A. Johnson leather there won't be any legal issues. Do you have your business license yet, if so when you got the business license did you register a trade name, if not register your trade name. They will tell you if it has already been taken. Quote https://www.facebook.com/CamanoRidgeCustomLeather?fref=ts
Members BDAZ Posted July 2, 2014 Members Report Posted July 2, 2014 Sorry, I believe you are wrong. Regardless of any other registrations, he is allowed to use his own name for the business.I worked for a computer company co owned by a woman with the name of Ferrari. We used Italian Racing Red as our corporate colors and were in the same town as the local Ferrari dealership. Every now and then a cab load of Italians would show up on our doorstep. There was nothing they could do. Of course we were Ferrari Computers not ferrari Motors. What do you mean by taken? Taken locally, state wide taken nationally? There is a Johnson Leathers in San Francisco http://www.johnsonleather.com/ BUT no trademark for Johnson Leathers. I would not worry in the least about it. They specialize in motorcycle leathers for police. Cya! Bob Quote
Members HippieLee Posted July 2, 2014 Members Report Posted July 2, 2014 Why couldn't the maker's mark include both the logo and the info? I mean, I know it may not happen for a while, if ever, but isn't a goal to be recognizable by just your logo? The way you do that is simple, effective logo with the spelled-out info around it or incorporated into it. If the logo happens to be cattle brand looking thing I think that says "leather" to people especially when they see the logo AND the JAJohnson leather below it or around it or however... I'm asking because I have been struggling to figure out what I even want to call myself business-wise and a lot of what I decide on may hinge on how cool I can make the logo. Or if I even want to be a business - I love working with leather but it may never be more than just a hobby I spend a lot on lol. BUt I still want a makers mark and I want the people who DO get a piece I make (Whether I sold it or just made it for them) to be able to show it to others and say (hopefully with pride) "See here? This was made by Hippie Lee" Quote
Members BDAZ Posted July 3, 2014 Members Report Posted July 3, 2014 The only issue is that what looks great in Photoshop may not be legible in leather. I would suggest 2 stamps, one with the information that is on the back somewhere or at the least visible part, and the logo can be prominent and essentially part of the design. I don't have a logo for my company or I would have gone that route BUT I have had stamps made of the logos of some of my customers. That logo is displayed prominently while my makers mark is at the back and not immediately visible, Cya! Bob Quote
Members camano ridge Posted July 3, 2014 Members Report Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) In Washington State when you get a State business liscense you are ask if you wish to register a trade name if you try to register one that has been registered by some one else they will not accept it. If it is accepted your trade name is protected in the state, at federal level you would need to register it as a trade mark. We just had an incident localy (you can find it on the internet) where Absolut forced a local Hairstylist to change their business name of Absolut Hair Salon to something else. Absolut trade marked the word Absolut and all alternative spellings so that suposedly it can not be used as part of another business name. Not saying he would have a problem just that it is possible. Edited July 3, 2014 by camano ridge Quote https://www.facebook.com/CamanoRidgeCustomLeather?fref=ts
Members BDAZ Posted July 3, 2014 Members Report Posted July 3, 2014 However, had the owner's name been Mary Absolut, the vodka folks would have to suck wind..Even in Washington. Cya! Bob Quote
Members camano ridge Posted July 3, 2014 Members Report Posted July 3, 2014 Again not disagreeing with you, just saying someone can still cause a problem they can send anoying cease and desist letters or even file a frivolus law suit with the hope that he would not take the time or money to fight it. The bigger issue to consider would be the commonality of the name. If there are other Johnson Leathers I would think it would be better to have something to try to set your self apart from the others to limit confusion and misidentification by customers. However now we have realy side tracked his original post. Quote https://www.facebook.com/CamanoRidgeCustomLeather?fref=ts
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