Whitney Bower shares why your blog should be trademarked
SHOW NOTES: Episode 30
Should your blog be trademarked? These are the things that we don’t always want to think about but realizing how important it is can help. Our guest today, Whitney Bower, is an intellectual property lawyer who specializes in trademark and copyright. She has made it her mission to help the social media entrepreneurs, including bloggers.
Whitney talks with us about how bloggers first need to start at the beginning and think about how big their blog can be and how they should take themselves seriously from the beginning. She explains that you should dream about what your blog can look like and then set up your trademark so that when your blog is big one day, it is already protected.
Whitney shares why bloggers need to be trademarked, how to find out if your blog name is already taken, when we should start the application process (the earlier the better), how long it takes to become trademarked, intent to use (ITU) filing, the risks of not being trademarked, and how you can go about getting a trademark.
Whitney shares valuable information with you that you can benefit from. She shares how you can work with her (one on one or through her course) in order to be sure that your brand/blog is trademarked.
We loved having this conversation with Whitney about trademarks. Send us a DM on Instagram and let us know what you thought about this episode! @sparkmediaconcepts
IN THIS EPISODE, WE COVERED:
- Why bloggers need to be trademarked
- How to find out if your blog name is already taken
- When we should start the application process (the earlier the better)
- How long it takes to become trademarked
- Intent to use (ITU) filing
- The risks of not being trademarked
- How you can go about getting a trademark
LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Connect with Whitney on Instagram: @thewhitneybower
- Check out Whitney’s course, Social to Mogul (launching July 15).
- TESS – US PTO
- If you need questions answered before you start your blog, check out The Blog Depot, an online course and membership community!
- Check out last week’s episode with Jamie Lieberman on the legal side of having a blog.
- Connect with us on Instagram at: @sparkmediaconcepts
MORE ABOUT THE ULTIMATE BLOG PODCAST:
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