Now you all know that I had chosen "Melonhead, Inc." for the name, but today I talked to the trademark/copyright attorney, and he did a quick search and found that someone had already trademarked the name. That could mean potential legal issues later if I were to make it big (which I am, of course). He suggested that before I pay him a lot of money to dig further, I should try to see if the trademark owner would want to sell me the trademark.
So I did a search for the guy, Thomas Francis Oquendo, and found his phone number in California. Turns out he has been working on products, mostly glasses and t-shirts, with the Melonhead name and logo for a few years. Even though he is currently out of money he made it clear that he still is pursuing his business.
I cut to the chase and told him what I was trying to do and asked him if he would sell me the trademark. After asking me to consult with his attorney, he told me that he did have interest. So I asked him what range of money he was thinking for the trademark to the name. He said he wasn't going to ask me for $500,000 or anything, but that $5,000 would not do it. He talked more and more about it and went on to say that he didn't want to actually sell it but lease the name to me. And wanted a cut of all of my sales of my fedoras.
He went on talking some more but I stopped listening after those suggestions. Just said "uh-huh" and "yeah" and "right." Melonhead is a cool name, but not THAT great. So looking for new names again. "Gabaan, Inc." (Nana, I know this is your favorite), "Five Under," "Bluegill," "Bluebeak," and "Tiptop" are all new candidates. The search goes on!
Enjoy your day everyone, the name will come soon, as will everything else. No worries.
5 comments:
Tom,
Eventhough Gabaan is my favourite, but come to think of it, when you say it in Thai, it does sound a bit strong. That was Na Joo first impression when I mentioned it to her. Anyway, TipTop sounds nice also. But be my guest if you still like Gabaan cause I still like it.
Keep smiling ^_^
Hi Tom,
How about 1]" Mala,Inc." Mala means hat in Thai., 2]"Chang,Inc." or "Chang Golf,Inc.". Chang in Thai means elephant or "Big"
3]"Phuket,Inc"
Peace...from...Friend.
thanks for all the help guys...the decision will come soon
Tom
HiHat...no? Like a hihat of drum set but in this case it's a Hi quality Hat something like that..and i like how it sounds "HiHat". Whut do you think?
I dunno i'm not good at this at all -*-
Still thanks to all for helping! There are no bad names. Please don't be embarrassed to try one on me!
Tom
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