Copyrights & Checking for existing company names.

Answer 1

 The best way to grow a business is to give it a catchy name.  But as there are so many existing businesses out there, you can never be sure if your business name is unique from others or not. Therefore checking the availability of a business name requires time and knowledge of where to search. Also you need to search thoroughly to avoid legal penalties associated with Copyrights and willful infringement of trademarked names.

Just follow these steps to remain out of danger:

Enter for your preferred business names into a search engine and study the results.

Ask your county clerk to search for your proposed business.

Verify your business corporation, LLC or limited partnership name is not a duplicate of another such business in your state.

Ask the secretary of state's office to enter the business names you hope to use into your state's trademark database.

Use a free online trademark search service and tools which you can find online to provide you with a unique name and to avoid the copyright issues.