[nado]

hey

I'm looking at regsitering a trademark probably within the next few months for an education-based business. (will probably just be the business name we'll be registering).

I've been having a look at a few sites like http://www.inta.org and http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au (since I'm in Aus).

Ideally I would like to take out a complete international trademark to allow for future expansions, however the costs are bloody ridiculous (they sure milk it).

So has anyone had any experience in registering international trademarks, and which countries you chose etc?

I did a quick calculation here: http://pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/o...drid_calculate

... I think the trademark only comes under the one class (41: education) and if I applied for Australia, UK and US the total comes to $ 1,552.00

cheers
Nathan

[GriZzly]

There is a good reason why it is expensive, if it wasn't then people would just register all of the obvious business names, and then force people to buy the ownership rights from them.

[NeeJam]

I agree with grizzly on his point.

Also why are you going for an international trademark? is the business even running sucessfully or has it even started yet?

Why am i asking these questions well, you have to think about it realistically if you buy an international trademark and your business fails whats the point of wasting money on it.

[nado]

Nope we haven't started yet, but have bought the domains.

So are you saying just go ahead with the business and trademark it at a later date?

Though is it possible for someone to come in while we don't have a trademark and grab it? ...even though we'd have the business name registered (in Australia) and have all the TLDs.