Business name registration and domain name registration are only baby steps in establishing and marketing your brand using your business name. To trademark a name, you will need to follow all the steps required to obtain all other trademarks, including logo, slogan, and more. Your first step is to do trademark research to ensure your claim is not on a similar mark already exclusive to another business. While this step could be a simple or exhausting process depending on what trademarks are similar to the one you are pursuing. As a future trademark owner, you will appreciate the level of protection you too will receive in the future.

Next, you will need to file an application and wait for approval before waiting again for government registration. Yes, as you can see a lot of waiting waits for you. If it sounds a bit too time-consuming and confusing, it doesn’t have to be. A minimum 7.5 months is expected for all trademarks from application to successfully obtaining the trademark. However, you can leave it to the experts to make the 7.5 months minimum seem easier but maybe not necessarily faster.