My friend has a rock band - They want to COPYRIGHT their name
 

So my friend has a band, and they just came up with their name

now they want to register it

They play in Montreal for the time being, but they plan to do some shows in the United States also when the time comes.

How can they copyright their name?

thanks!

They do not.
They trademark it.
They can copyright any songs they write though.

http://www.uspto.gov

Takes about a year. You also want a service mark.

Also, since he isn't a US citizen, he'll have to hire an lawyer here in the states.

Got it,

so to get a trademark in the US, he needs a US lawyer to take care of him
what about Canada?

they also get some common law rights as they use their new name- btw we listed dombuyer.com on dnf today ;-)

Consult a lawyer or an expert on such. Good luck to your friend.

your friend is a faggot

What he said but meaner :mad::mad:

...and here I was hoping for two bands named "Funky Nekkid Brown Underoos"

I'll ask my friend John Dolmayan from System Of the Down ( well previously ;-) for ya...but you should see a lawyer is best...

Heya Raffi -

Not to derail, but have you got any ETA for addressing IE7 referrer issues?

Thanks!

Actually the correct name is "System of a down"

Down of a System.

Ah ya whatever i know....i always say system of the down... :1orglaugh

Great band....... i have everything they made.

SYSTEM OF THE DOWN it was so fuckin' funny! HAAHAHHAHHAHA

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh ...