You name it, you TM it
Apparently, Narrativity Quotient™, or NQ™, was a hit among my classmates last night.
Someone told me to copyright it. So, I went to the US Copyright Office FAQ, and l learned that copyrights don’t cover names. Trademarks do.
And then I remembered a Seth Godin post I read on trademarks. Referenced the USPTO article on the same subject, and it checked out: you don’t need to register your clever word or phrase with ol’ USPTO to make it legally yours…
So, a word to the wise: if you come up with a catchy meme, just slap on the ™ and you’re good to go.
