Re: trademark and business paperwork question Question 1: Really need to contact an attorney that deals w/ trademark & copyright issues.
Question 2: Generally you setup your business in the county AND state where you conduct the business. If you move to another county, then you must re-register your biz in the new county, and also notify the state of your new address. A DBA (doing business as) generally means that your corp. name, is different than your business name (ex: JBG, Inc. d/b/a Joe's Screen Print Shack)
If you move to another state, then you must do the whole registration w/ state & county all over again, and notify your old state that you no longer conduct biz in that state.
Question 3: Generally as a business grows, they move, so that's no real big deal. The big issue is phone numbers. If you get a landline phone strictly for the biz, and move, then your number changes, and you have to have fowarding on your old phone number for your customers to find you. Best advise for now is to get a seperate cell # for the biz, and then at least the number can be carried with you on your cell when you move. When you finally settle, then get a landline phone #, and just begin to migrate your customers over to your new number. The only other issue w/ moving is to make sure to keep up all address changes with your suppliers, banks, etc., as well as w/ state & county license offices.
Also understand that most customers like to deal local; so when you move, even to another county (depending on the distance), you will naturally loose some of your customer base. When you move again to another state, it will be pretty much like starting over. Yes, you can deal w/ shipping to customers, but human nature will eventually make those customers drift away to a local printer, or the local competitor will be able to lure them away a lot more easily since you're no longer in the area. |