At the end of a business name you can use various endings such as "Inc.", "Co.", "LLC", etc.  If you use "Ind." for "Industries", do you need to register it as you would need to with the others?
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You should only use Inc or LLC if, in fact, you are a Corporation or an LLC.  You could register "ABC Industries" as a business name with your city or county clerk's office. Without any other special filings, you'd be considered a sole proprieter doing business as (DBA) ABC Industries. (As long as your name did not conflict with a trademark or corporation name.)
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Without knowing the details, it's going to be impossible to answer your question. Plus just because you show one dead mark does NOT mean that the name is truly available.\n\nDetermining if marks infringe can be tricky and each situation varies from another.\n\nThe general rules to keep in mind are:\n\n1) Are the names similar in Sound, Appearance or Meaning?\n\n2) Are the industries the same or similar to one another?\n\n3) Are the names confusingly similar to the average consumer? In other words, could customers be confused and assume that both companies are affiliated?\n\n4) Do the trade areas cross? What about the advertising routes -- are the products/services advertised in common places?\n\nHere's what the USPTO has to say about this matter:\n\n"The principal factors considered by the examining attorney in determining whether there would be a likelihood of confusion are:\n\nthe similarity of the marks; and \nthe commercial relationship between the goods and/or services listed in the application. \n\nTo find a conflict, the marks do not have to be identical, and the goods and/or services do not have to be the same. It may be enough that the marks are similar and the goods and/or services related."\n\nIt's best to contact a private search company or a trademark attorney to assist you in determining if this will be a problem or not.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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I think people feel incomplete by just saying the acronym.  For example, "you need your PIN" just seems incomplete somehow.  I do not know what in our brain chemistry makes us want to add the last word to an acronym, but it seems to happen.  automatic teller machine machine (ATM machine, PIN number).  I think it happens more often when part of the acronym is a noun that describes the thing as well.
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Check out the Small Business Administration web site -- they're a great resource for the small business owner. I listed a couple of other handy links as well.\n\nTry reading up on the subject -- check out Amazon, your local bookstore or library. \n\nPrior to investing your time, money & effort into a business name, it is strongly advised that comprehensive research be conducted to ensure that the name you're interested in is truly available. \n\nThis entails searching the pending & registered Federal and State trademark files as well as the US National Common-Law files. Then, if clear, you can decide if you would like to file for a Federal or a State trademark. \n\nResearch is needed to make sure your trade name is legally available, before opening, before expansion, before incorporation or before designing your logo. Similarities in sound, appearance and meaning affect you too!\n\nThere are 16+ million trade names in use in the United States. Similar names matter, if close in sound, appearance or meaning. Similar names in related classes, distribution channels and customer matter too. You are affected by Common Law use (14 million), State Trademarks (500,000) and Federal Trademarks (2 million).
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You mean last name. You can name it like Shriram Corporation, Shriram Solutions, Shriram enterprises, Shriram Ventures, Shriram, AtoZ services. Need more? for first you can use the combinationation of first letters of partners.
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INC - stands for Incorporated\nLLC - stands for Limited Liability Corporation\nThese are terms dealing with types of businesses here in the United States. I don't know about the other ones.
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You are not required to form a business to register a domain. If a registrar tells you otherwise, then go to another registrar.\n\nOn the other hand, if you're going to be doing freelance, you may want to consider forming a business for tax reasons, but that has nothing to do with registering a domain.
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Check with the Secretary of State. Usually, LLC's have to register their businesses.  Several states have this information online.
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The naming of your business could be one of the most important decisions you will make. A name's originality and legal availability will create a real asset value of its own, as it becomes marketed and gains market acceptance. \n\nThe name you choose will become the focal point of all the benefits and features that relate to your business. Customers will be able to find and refer others to it in the future. \n\nSince any names that are suggested here may already be owned by another party, I wanted to go a different route...\n\nI suggest either hiring a name creation firm or get together with your friends and/or family and throw a "name party" & have everyone bounce some ideas around. Compile a listing of names that you like the best. Once you have that list, do as much free research as you can before you delve into comprehensive research. I listed some links where you can do some preliminary name checking. However, please be aware that this is merely scratching the surface of what's out there. Only comprehensive research will tell you if the name is truly available. But, these links are free & a great place to start, so I'd try them out first. \n\nThere are other sites that offer free searching capabilities in conjunction with their commercial services, so I'm not able to post those links due to the Yahoo! TOS. You'll also want to check domain names & yellow pages, so simply do a search for "free domain name search" and "national yellowpages" and the appropriate links will pop up.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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The domain names extensions are not given out for commercial use, but each country has been given its own name and some are willing to sell them. However, if the extension you're looking for doesn't belong to some small country, you're out of luck. Sorry.
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Business registration - Businesses, even the smallest home-based operations, are required to register with either their city or county. Check with your city or county office the procedures in filing for business registration.\n\nDBA - Registering your fictitious business name is important for a number of reasons. Banks look for proof that you have properly registered the name when opening a business account. An even more important consideration is that you won't be able to enforce any contract that you sign under an unregistered name. An unregistered business name also leaves that name open for use by other businesses, even your competitors, which may jeopardize your business.\n\nSellers permit if you are receiving wholesale goods -- wholesalers ask for this\n\nTax ID or EIN - sole proprietors with no employees are not required to get an EIN, and can instead use their Social Security numbers. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) web site at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98350,00.html contains all the information you need about EIN and how to apply for an EIN electronically.\n\nI suggest you go to your local county and check with them the requirements for the type of business you are planning to start
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The difference between an LLC and Inc (Corporation) are actually legal differences and you won't really know if you made a right decision unless you get sued :-) \n\nI would talk with a CPA about Incorporating or forming an LLC. They would be able to explain not only the states definition but also if you need to file an Entity Election and possible a Sub-S Election with the IRS. Don't forget that even when you form an LLC or Corporation with the state you may still be taxed as a Sole Proprietor by the IRS unless you file to correct elections, meaning you are liable for taxes as the person, not as a corporation. With more than one owner... trust me that could get a little hairy.
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Your signature doesn't really matter. Just finish with:\n\nBest regards,\nYour name
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Check out the Small Business Administration web site -- they're a great resource. I listed a couple of other handy links as well.\n\nDo you have a name in mind for your electricity services? Prior to investing your time, money & effort into a name, it is strongly advised that comprehensive research be conducted to ensure that the name you're interested in is truly available. \n\nThis entails searching the pending & registered Federal and State trademark files as well as the US National Common-Law files. Then, if clear, you can decide if you would like to file for a Federal or a State trademark. \n\nResearch is needed to make sure your trade name is legally available, before opening, before expansion, before incorporation or before designing your logo. Similarities in sound, appearance and meaning affect you too!\n\nThere are 16+ million trade names in use in the United States. Similar names matter, if close in sound, appearance or meaning. Similar names in related classes, distribution channels and customer matter too. You are affected by Common Law use (14 million), State Trademarks (500,000) and Federal Trademarks (2 million).
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It depends on what you mean by register:\n\n1) Do you need to establish a legal entity? See the first link\n\n2) Do you want to incorporate or form an LLC? See the second link\n\n3) Do you want to file for a State trademark? See the third link\n\nThe fourth link I posted is for GA's First Stop Business Information Center.\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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Since people want to create mail addresses that is close to their actual name, they split it as the name and surname. \n\nThe best way to express that in an email is with the usage of ".". But many e-mail sites (like Yahoo! till recently) do not allow the usage of "." in the email address. So everybody has to do with using underscore. But now Yahoo! allows usage of "." in the yahoo id.
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Can you make up a name using your initials?\n\nor\n\nI.C.I.N.G. = Increcibly Cute Intimating Naughty Girls