Focus on telecommunications
Posted on Friday, September 11, 2009
According to the Nice Classification of Goods & Services, Class 38 deals with telecommunications.
A recent study by Quensis revealed that in a body of more than 7,525 English monosyllabics, only 18% have names registered identically in Class 38, but 72% are actually unavailable if you look at the names similar within one letter. Add Classes 9 and 42, and the monosyllabics still available drop to 44% identical and 4% similar. In short, there is nothing left.
Among 93,000 American trademarks registered in Class 38*, 44,000 are one-word brands (47%). Multiple-word brands are in the majority: 49,000 (53%) with an average number of 3.15 words per brand.
*Source: Quensis Database 2007
HOW TO FIND A NAME AVAILABLE IN CLASS 38 ? Avoid English words and short (mono – or bisyllabic) words. Focus on multiple-word brands, neologisms and logatoms (pseudo-words).
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