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.
What you’ll walk away with
Skills, not certificates of attendance
Curriculum
4 chapters · 17 lessons
4h 55m total01The Naming Brief5 lessons+
- 1Positioning First: What the Name Actually Has to DoVideo14:20
- 2Name Types: Descriptive, Suggestive, Arbitrary, CoinedVideo18:40
- 3The Distinctiveness Spectrum and What Weak Names CostVideo16:10
- 4The 90-Minute Generation Sprint: 50 Candidates, One SittingVideo22:30
- 5Shortlisting with Scorecards Instead of OpinionsVideo13:55
02Clearance Before You Commit5 lessons+
- 1Knockout Screening: Kill 80% of Candidates in an HourVideo19:45
- 2Searching USPTO, EUIPO and UKIPO Without a LawyerVideo24:15
- 3Unregistered and Trading Name Conflicts You Will MissVideo17:05
- 4Domains, Handles and the .com Premium DecisionVideo15:30
- 5Pronunciation, Translation and the Spelling-Out TestVideo12:50
03Filing and Defending4 lessons+
- 1Picking Classes and Writing a Specification That Covers YouVideo21:40
- 2File It Yourself or Hire: Cost, Risk and TimelineVideo16:25
- 3Office Actions, Oppositions and How to Answer ThemVideo20:10
- 4Monitoring, Takedowns and Marketplace Brand RegistriesVideo18:55
04Launch and Rename3 lessons+
- 1Rolling the Name Out Across Every Customer SurfaceVideo14:35
- 2The Rename Migration: Redirects, Email and Search EquityVideo23:20
- 3Telling Customers and Partners Without Losing ThemVideo13:45
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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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