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    Starting a cured meat business

    I thought as much, I think I am going to run with this - trademark the name as it is. I've paid a lot of thought to this over the last few days and if they're local, and it's only used in the US, then I can just use it here. I have simply no intention to sell anywhere else, just in the UK...
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    Starting a cured meat business

    Had no idea...sorry for the stupid questions!
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    Starting a cured meat business

    On this, I had the name a few years ago and it stuck, so it's purely the name. The name isn't used in the UK at all. In the future, I don't intend to sell our products abroad at all, only in the UK where the name is not registered.
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    Starting a cured meat business

    So, I can name the company Biltong Beef, then trademark the name of the product as something else, right?
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    Starting a cured meat business

    Thanks @Paul Kelly ICHYB! Yeah, just checked and it's not for what I intend to sell. My only concern was that it was abroad in the US, as long as I am good to go for it.
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    Starting a cured meat business

    Hi all! I'm South African and looking to start a cured meat business and set on a name, which I had set on last year. For the business, it seems like a variant of the name exists within the US and there's a company trading with something similar, but not exact to what I intend to use - in...