13 Aug
2008
13 Aug
'08
10:29 a.m.
Hello,
On 08/13/08 08:37, Max van Biezen wrote:
Hi,
thank you for the details.
Cheers,
Daniel
a quick operational expenses estimation for the
first year brought up
the figure of ~3000Euro, that includes the expenses for creating the
foundation, two hosted servers (one main, one backup), domain names and
trademark registrations. The costs regarding TM registration expenses
(US&EU) are not yet very clear to me, maybe someone can shed some light
if he/she did it recently.
I can only give an indication on EU trademark. That is 850,- one time
fee. This fee is due regardless the fact some company will complain or
not. As happened to me.
The process can be done by yourself no lawyers needed. However there are
lawyers outhere that simply complain to everything in the hope some
company which they claim to represent willl pay for it. Anyway worst
case scenario would then be to drop the registration whihc means the 850
is gone
Bottom line just try it yourself. It is a long process before
registration is final (more than 6 months)
Max van Biezen
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Daniel-Constantin Mierla
http://www.asipto.com