How to copyright my new married name,maden name is already copywritten for 4 years.

[Tigeris76]

I am fairly new at this Copyright, UCC information.
My question to all is what is the best way to go about updating my copyright on my name if I got married and I now would like to add my husband and my new name to the copyright? Do I do the whole copyright all over or is there a different process since I have an existing copyright?

[ss_stealth]

I've been lurking around these forums for months now, Tigeris76. I shouldn't really speak for anyone here but it seems that the majority advise against copyrighting your "name". Personally, I don't even know how it is done. I'd imagine though, that one man/woman can hold multiple patents so I think it'd be as simple as repeating the process you went through before and patent both your maiden and married names.

[Shoonra]

If you are determined to copyright something, the proper authority in the US is the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress. You cannot claim a copyright violation without having a Registration of Copyright from the Copyright Office.

But a copyright cannot be validly issued for something that was previously made public without copyright (e.g. your name). Nor for something which was worked up by someone else, not by you (e.g. your name). Nor, as my Copyright Law Prof taught me, for something as brief as a slogan or your name.

[mrg]

Originally Posted by Shoonra

You cannot claim a copyright violation without having a Registration of Copyright from the Copyright Office.

Prove it.................

[Shoonra]

The Parker Brothers case was, I believe, a trademark, not copyright, case. A trademark is gotten from the Patent Office and is considerably tougher to get than a copyright.

If you try to litigate a breach of copyright you'll need to show the registration as proof that you have a copyright to defend. Similarly for litigating a trademark violation.

[rentiap]

Originally Posted by Tigeris76

I am fairly new at this Copyright, UCC information.
My question to all is what is the best way to go about updating my copyright on my name if I got married and I now would like to add my husband and my new name to the copyright? Do I do the whole copyright all over or is there a different process since I have an existing copyright?

Was that original name that you copyrighted your intellectual property? Or was that name actually formally registered on a certificate known as a Certificate of live birth?

If it was certified by the government than they are just sitting back and laughing their ass off knowing that what you copyrighted was a fraudulent document.

[ss_stealth]

See what I mean Tigeris?

Originally Posted by ss_stealth

I shouldn't really speak for anyone here but it seems that the majority advise against copyrighting your "name".

McDonald's has TM'ed "I'm Lovin' It" ... oh snap! can I even type that?

[weishaupt1776]

Originally Posted by Tigeris76

I am fairly new at this Copyright, UCC information.
My question to all is what is the best way to go about updating my copyright on my name if I got married and I now would like to add my husband and my new name to the copyright? Do I do the whole copyright all over or is there a different process since I have an existing copyright?

Time could be much better spent

learn procedure at jurisdictionary.com

learn the truth in The Red Amendment at pacinlaw.org

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Don't get a marriage license

get married by a non-501(c)(3) pastor with witnessess

make out an affidavit of the events with all of the witnesses signatures

maybe record it at the county recorder office

[Tigeris76]

Ok , I guess I am understanding this copyright thing wrong then.

From what I understand when you get you strawman (which is what I should have said in my earlier post instead of "name") copywritten then noone is allowed to use that strawman name with out permission. If they do you can sue them for illegal /unauthorised use. I've been hearing that for years now, I just never really got into understanding it but now I am trying to learn what I can .

What do people make a big hype about when it comes to other using your strawman after being noticed, in the paper and such?

When it comes to authors of books and musicians etc,don't they get their names copy written or is that patened? I've read articles of artists who sue over their stage or AKA names being used. I even believe Starbucks was upset that a foreign county used the name Starbuck at a coffee shop and it was ok or should I say not against copyright standards since the copyright was for this country only (if I remeber correctly but don't quote me on that one).

So my current copyright is of no use is what I am reading then inthe prior posts?

[Tigeris76]

Originally Posted by rentiap

Was that original name that you copyrighted your intellectual property? Or was that name actually formally registered on a certificate known as a Certificate of live birth?

If it was certified by the government than they are just sitting back and laughing their ass off knowing that what you copyrighted was a fraudulent document.

It was the name on a birth certificate...I have since changed my name , which was not updated with vital records (meaning I never got a new birth certificate done)but I did go through the courts to do that. I got married in Nov of this year and it was thur a non profit minister (not thru a church,judge,magistrate but someone who is ordained for lack of a better word... to witness/preform marriages and give certificates),so my name has changed yet again and now it is not "certified" by the gov't...meaning I didnt go thru the courts this time.