If you're already using your business name, logo, or slogan to offer products or services, you might assume you're covered. You're not — at least, not fully. Many business owners don't realize that using a name and owning a name legally are two very different things. As a trademark attorney based in Tennessee, serving clients across the country, I get some version of this question every week: "I've been using this name for years — do I really need to register it?" The short a

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