shameikachan

Good Afternoon All

Today is Monday, April 24th. I'm super ancy. I applied with a late application 12 days ago and haven't heard anything. Did anyone else apply late recently? Have you heard anything? I keep checking my email and junk box obsessively, scared I might miss something from YC.

Good intel. Thanks for sharing. I'm already selling my product under the name. I did do a search and nothing turned up so I don't believe anyone has trademarked anything as yet.

The USPTO has an application class that's $225. However, you have to agree to correspond only via email with USPTO.

Well I did recently apply to YC and prior to applying and read through the "How to successfully apply" and watch several video on their YouTube page. They advised against creating legal entity prior to YC because a mistake could be made and they even ask about this on the application. I have not created a legal entity as yet. However, this prompted me to investigate on the trademark matter. I just want to make sure i'm focusing on the important items first with the resources I have available and not jumping the gun.

Thanks for the intel. I love the disclaimer. Don't worry, I won't try to claim you :) My business is running under the current name, so i'm going to make it a goal to start the trademark app process via the USPTO sight by the end of the year. I don't have enough money to hire a lawyer as yet. I'm hoping to get into YC so that I can take care of this then. It's a unique name and I already own the domain and have a website running. This is all new to me, so I appreciate your intel.

This was a good read. Thank you so much for sharing. I own the .com to my name so I was happy to read the importance there.

i'm pretty set on the name and see it as a benefit to the company, so i'm willing to make my case should an issue ever arise. this is good intel for me to think on though. I hadn't even thought a potential investor bringing up a name change.

good intel. I'll check this out and read up more.

Thanks for the intel. I'm bootstrapping the company myself so I have to be mindful on my spending right now. I checked and already know my class and have my details, so it will cost me $225 to do without a lawyer. I'm running the business and building the brand and see that no one has trademarked my company name so I was thinking about doing it. I'm going to hold off and set a goal to do it at Christmas time when I have extra funds.

me too! I applied late as a solo female founder.

Wow this makes me angry. I'm presently looking into co-working space and will not be including WeWork on my prospective list. $10Bn valuation and a lot of business and this is how they treat human beings. Pretty disgusting.