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Have a business name that you would like to trademark? Or a manuscript that you would like to copyright? Or an invention that you would like to patent? Maybe you just want to copyright your website materials. Not interested in dealing with attorneys and their outrageous fees? What are your online options for getting a trademark, patent or copyright?

I’m back at Legalzoom.com again. LegalZoom.com has one of the most comprehensive set of online trademark services that you’ll find anywhere. LegalZoom.com offers trademark registration, trademark searches, as well as a trademark monitoring service. LegalZoom.com also offers Trademark Statement of Use, Section 9 Trademark Renewal, Trademark Assignment Recordation, Trademark Statement of Use Extension, and Section 8 Declaration of Continued Use services.

Trademark registration is where your trademark is registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A comprehensive trademark search should be done within the state(s) that you conduct business as well as on a national level to determine if anyone else is using a conflicting trademark. You don’t want to invest in a trademark and logo only to have someone else claim that they own it. Trademark monitoring is also known as policing your trademark. If someone else is using a similar trademark/tradename and you do nothing about it, they may be able to argue that you waived any infringement claim.

They also offer a variety of patent services including obtaining a provisional patent, a design patent, or performing a patent search or providing technical illustrations.

Don’t want to deal with filling out government forms in order to copyright your work? Legalzoom.com also offers a copyright service to save you the hassle. Personally, I feel that the copyright process is fairly straightforward but I’m sure there are many out there who would rather have someone else complete the paperwork.

Visit again as I will be presenting more options soon.