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Course N°162 — Branding

Name It, Claim It: Naming, Trademarks and Domains

with Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Most founders name their business in an afternoon and regret it for years. Build a name that is distinctive, available and defensible, then register it and roll it out without losing traffic.

17 lessons17 videos4h 55mIntermediateLifetime access

What you’ll walk away with

Skills, not certificates of attendance

01Write a naming brief that rules out weak candidates early
02Generate 50 usable name options in a single working session
03Run a clearance search across registers, domains and handles
04File a trademark that survives examiner objections
05Rename an existing business without losing search equity

Curriculum

4 chapters · 17 lessons

4h 55m total
01The Naming Brief
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  1. 1Positioning First: What the Name Actually Has to DoVideo
    14:20
  2. 2Name Types: Descriptive, Suggestive, Arbitrary, CoinedVideo
    18:40
  3. 3The Distinctiveness Spectrum and What Weak Names CostVideo
    16:10
  4. 4The 90-Minute Generation Sprint: 50 Candidates, One SittingVideo
    22:30
  5. 5Shortlisting with Scorecards Instead of OpinionsVideo
    13:55
02Clearance Before You Commit
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  1. 1Knockout Screening: Kill 80% of Candidates in an HourVideo
    19:45
  2. 2Searching USPTO, EUIPO and UKIPO Without a LawyerVideo
    24:15
  3. 3Unregistered and Trading Name Conflicts You Will MissVideo
    17:05
  4. 4Domains, Handles and the .com Premium DecisionVideo
    15:30
  5. 5Pronunciation, Translation and the Spelling-Out TestVideo
    12:50
03Filing and Defending
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  1. 1Picking Classes and Writing a Specification That Covers YouVideo
    21:40
  2. 2File It Yourself or Hire: Cost, Risk and TimelineVideo
    16:25
  3. 3Office Actions, Oppositions and How to Answer ThemVideo
    20:10
  4. 4Monitoring, Takedowns and Marketplace Brand RegistriesVideo
    18:55
04Launch and Rename
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  1. 1Rolling the Name Out Across Every Customer SurfaceVideo
    14:35
  2. 2The Rename Migration: Redirects, Email and Search EquityVideo
    23:20
  3. 3Telling Customers and Partners Without Losing ThemVideo
    13:45

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Incipio Studio

Original curriculum by Incipio Academy

Incipio Studio is the academy's in-house curriculum team. Studio courses distill proven playbooks, frameworks, and operator interviews into structured, do-this-next lessons, researched and produced by Incipio Academy.

“I had three weeks of lawyer quotes and no decision. Cleared a name in two days, filed it myself, and the application went through without objections.”

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