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From: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson)
Subject: Re: Source for Trademark Searches?
Reply-To: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov
Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 17:21:39 GMT

In article 10153@pangea.com, park@pangea.com (Peter J. Park) writes:
>Hi.  I'm looking for pointers to companies that perform common law  
>trademark searches.  I've heard of CoreSearch, but don't have any contact  
>information for them.  Any other sources or experiences would be greatly  
>appreciated.

Peter, there are a _bunch_ of outfits, large and small, in Washington D.C.
that specialize in trademark searches.  That's logical, since the PTO (Patents
and Trademarks Office) is located there.  They usually charge $50 and up,
depending on the company and the level of the search.  Sorry, I don't have
any telephone numbers as I went through my local lawyer-blood-sucker :) who
arranged the trademark search for me.

If you have access to a commercial online service such as GEnie or Compuserve,
you can do your own trademark searches online for an additional fee.  While 
not as indepth as a "paper" search, you can get a quick answer this way.
---

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_________________ Fair Dinkum Technologies     Member - IAAD  _______________
________________ "No worries, mate... it's from Fair Dinkum!" _______________
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From: IANR009@UNLVM.UNL.EDU (D. Kirk Darnell)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Starting mailorder business??
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 07:58:43 CST
Organization: University of Nebraska
NNTP-Posting-Host: unlvm.unl.edu

 
I have an existing business of computer consulting and sales.  I am
interested in obtaining information on how to get into the mailorder
software business.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Thanks
in advance....
 
 
 
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Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: bili6745@mach1.wlu.ca (bilinsky keith)
Subject: Canadian Mail Order
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 08:16:15 GMT


I freely admit i'm a novice here.  I am looking for help from someone on how
to go about setting up a mail order company in Canada.  This company will
have only 1 style of product coming from many different suppliers in both
Canada and the United States.  I expect orders mainly from Canada with some
from the US.

Can anyone with knowledge please get ahold of me.

Keith
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: Environmentally Safe Product
From: <JCLEWIN@MTUS5.BITNET>
Date: Monday, 25 Jan 1993 15:55:26 EST
 m><1993Jan21.145016.20759@bilver.uucp><1993Jan22.203622.18418@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
Organization: Computing Technology Services, Michigan Technological Univ.

In article <1993Jan22.203622.18418@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>,
ogden_jon@macmail1.rtsg.mot.com says:
>>is usually used to refer to additives.
>>
>I am not confusing elements with chemicals.  Elements ARE chemicals...Ok, Ok,
>so I am being picky on a little detail.....Don't I have a right to be???
>
>Jon

Yep.  And just because it is "all-natural"  doesn't necessarily make it safe.
Go roll in some poison ivy, shoot up some snake venom, or drink Giardia
laden water....

JCLEWIN@MTUS5.BITNET
Houghton, Michigan
From: abulloch@garnet.berkeley.edu (Anthony Bulloch)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: ENTREPRENEURS NEEDED - ANY LOCATION
Date: 27 Jan 1993 01:40:51 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: garnet.berkeley.edu

In article <1k43ksINNe32@nic.umass.edu> 
BPHEINTZ@UCSVAX.UCS.UMASS.EDU (BRADLEY P HEINTZ) writes:

>I am a New England business owner looking to expand my marketing business 
>to a wider geographic area.  I will accept applicants from any part of the U.S.
>or Asia.  Information follows:
>...........
>Someone with MOTIVATION - I said above that anyone CAN do this, but not
>   everyone WILL.
>Anyone desiring more MONEY, TIME, or FREEDOM.
>Someone willing to put effort toward SELF-IMPROVEMENT.
>
>What the work entails:
>As I said, no experience is necessary.  This is not sales work.  B. P. Heintz
>& Associates is a marketing company dealing with over 15,000 products, from
>toothpaste to Ford, GM, and Chrysler automobiles.  We are seeking individuals........
>
>- B. Heintz
>
>I'm not into money.  I'm into freedom.
>

You make Freedom sound like a sock...

Would we all be correct in assuming that this is actually
an (undercover) advertisement for Amway?

You refer to 'applicants': what exactly are we being invited to
'apply' to/for? Would we be correct in thinking that this is a
fudge, and you are actually looking for new distributors to
sponsor? (Presumably we should 'apply' checks in hand?)

The protocol of this newsgroup asks that we refrain from out-
and-out advertising, and I'm sure there will be many who will
be pointing this out quite forcibly. What I find more troubling,
having done a lot of my own research into the area of this
kind of business opportunities, is the almost pathological
need some distributors in some companies have to dissimulate.
There are several excellent companies in the area of MLM (yes,
and a lot of mediocre ones too): this kind of beckoning from
behind the heavy felt curtains, though, drags the good down
with the bad, and leaves most readers with the erroneous
impression that this is a really questionable type of business
to be associated with. 

Anthony Bulloch
From: domet@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: CREDIT CARD PROCESSOR! HELP!
Date: 28 Jan 93 16:44:32 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati

Help!

I am a Senior in Information Systems at UC. I am in a group with 3 others
starting a business. It involves a free service to customers over the
telephones.. We charge people to advertise on our line... We are looking into
ways our clients can pay us.. Checks won't clear in time.. 900 number is a
hassle.. We don't want one BOTTOM LINE. 

What we really want is a Credit Card processing line where people can pay by
credit card in person or over the phone. 

We talked to a few banks but since we are a new business, (haven't even went
online yet) they say we are too high of a risk! Can SOMEONE out there help me
out by giving me information on how to enable ourselves to accept CREDIT CARDS?
Or a CREDIT CARD line which autoverifies??

Any help would be vital to this business and would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Luke


Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: ohumukin@spectra.com (Kawika Ohumukini)
Subject: Re: 900 number programs besides psychics?
Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 17:00:07 GMT

In article <1993Jan17.060905.977@fuug.fi> an1573@anon.penet.fi writes:
>
>After studying the successful (i.e., repeating) classified ads in the
>National Enquirer, J. Robert Burgoyne concludes:
>
>>The only type of one step ads that have reasonably good success rates
>>are astrology section classified ads for 1-900 psychics.
>
>I too have noticed this.  But I am wondering if 900 numbers are being used
>successfully for any programs other than psychics and "hot talk"?  If so,
>where are they advertised?
>
>USA Today used to publish a directory of 900 lines in the Thursday
>classifieds, but the directory dwindled to only one or two ads a week, and
>now has disappeared altogether in spite of their solicitations for
>advertising.  I do notice that USA Today continues to advertise their own
>900 lines for movie reviews, sports scores, sports predictions, lottery
>results, etc.
>
>Are there other major advertising venues for these types of lines that I
>haven't run across?  Where have you seen other 900 lines advertised?


The good thing I have noticed is that with 900 numbers is the advertising
can be done on a small scale.  For example, the San Diego Tribune costs
about $90 for a 2 1/4" by 1" square per day.  For an effective ad you
need at least 2 squares which is $180.  This is high for a first run,
as we found out the hard way.  It is better to start small, the local
READER newspaper which is free in stores costs about $45 for a square.
And it runs every week so coverage is very good for the advertising
dollar and circulation is very high.  

The key is PERCENT OF CIRCULATION FOR TARGET CUSTOMER / AD DOLLAR.
Look at your 900 idea, figure out the circulation of the media, estimate
the amount of readers that would call a 900 number, and the amount
of them that would call your 900 number.  You will most likely find
that the number is very small, maybe .01-.1%   This is ok because
with my 900 numbers I net about $1.10 to $1.25 for every minute called.
Best advice is start as cheap as you can to reach your target customer.
And it is good to notify them from different angles and consistency
is paramount.  I heard a statistic that a consumer will not act on
a radio commercial until they hear it at least 5 times.  Budget ads
for at least double that or 10 ads.

Kawika 
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: thinman@netcom.com (Technically Sweet)
Subject: Wanted: medical insurance recommendations
Organization: International Foundation for Internal Freedom
Distribution: ca
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:59:34 GMT

I'm looking for a one-person medical insurance policy.
What do you folks use? If you're single, in your early 
30's, and have no medical issues, mind telling me what
you're paying?

Are you happy with your carrier?  (Aside from money, of course.
Are they disorganized, do they have lots of stinky provisos, etc.)



-- 

Lance Norskog
thinman@netcom.com
Data is not information is not knowledge is not wisdom.
From: labson@borneo.corp.sgi.com (Joel Labson)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Establishing Credit!!!
Date: 23 Jan 93 19:24:31 GMT
Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

I'm looking for a way to re-established my credit standing
fast......without waiting for 7 years...

I need some advice & Information.
--
From: jmaki@ra.cs.umb.edu (John Maki)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: ENTREPRENEURS NEEDED - ANY LOCATION
Date: 28 Jan 93 03:21:44 GMT
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston, Dept of Math and CS


  Don't you just love it when some MORON thinks he's going to make 
  contacts on the net and gets SMASHED by others who see right through
  his game plan !!!!!!!!
From: (Christopher J. Amow)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: $3K for a patent !!??
Followup-To: misc.entrepreneurs
Date: 28 Jan 1993 04:29:34 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, San Diego Division
Distribution: us
NNTP-Posting-Host: hpsdr170.sdd.hp.com

Hi all,
Sorry if this is in some faq, but I couldn't find one for this group.  I
have a friend who developed a potential product he wanted to get a patent
for and then seek out potential investors.  He went to some company (who I
think ripped him off) who did some market research and supposedly charged
him $6000.  He says he has this thing 'registered' with the patent office
and it is about to expire in a month or so.

Is it really $6000 for a patent in the United States?  I find this
difficult to believe, if it is true it would be a serious setback for the
innovation of our country.

Do you need a patent attorney to practically get a patent?

Thanks in advance for all replies.  I would really appreciate it, to prove
him wrong ("told you SO!!"  :-) ) and/or help him succeed - it really seems
like a good idea - one of those
I-can't-believe-it's-not-out-there-already(tm) kind of deals.

"!@#$%^&*!@#$%^%^$^$#@@!@#%$#$#@$!#@!#@!#$@%$#$#@#$%$^%$^$@#"
Christopher J. Amow       (oh, and in case I forgot
chris@hp-sdd.sdd.hp.com                          :-)   :-)   :-)          )
...........................................Sometimes it seems like I never
finish anything I star
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: ogden_jon@macmail1.rtsg.mot.com
Subject: Re: Environmentally Safe Product
Organization: Motorola LPA Development
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 20:36:22 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.145016.20759@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill
Vermillion) writes:

[STUFF DELETED]

>>FREE OF CHEMICALS??????
>
>>Nothing can be free of chemicals.  Even the food we eat, the air we breathe,
>>the water we drink are all chemicals.  Honestly, you will need to change the
>>marketing on that aspect, because to say "chemical free" is just not true. 
>>It's one thing to say "no man-made substances" or "free of caustic
chemicals",
>>etc., but chemical free - NOT!
> 
>Don't confuse 'elements' with chemicals.   Water and air usually aren't
>considered chemicals.  The term 'chemical' is usually meant to mean man
>made combinations.    Salt would probably be considered as a mineral,
>as it is an existing combination that is mined.    Salt, as it occurs
>naturaly in some items  would not be considered a chemical - that term
>is usually used to refer to additives.
>
I am not confusing elements with chemicals.  Elements ARE chemicals...Ok, Ok,
so I am being picky on a little detail.....Don't I have a right to be???

Jon
From: carlos.hidalgo@pcohio.wariat.org (Carlos Hidalgo) 
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: European AC/DC Adaptors
Date: 22 Jan 93 06:44:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: PC-OHIO BBS - Cleveland, OH - 216-381-3320
Reply-To: carlos.hidalgo@pcohio.wariat.org (Carlos Hidalgo) 

REL>   I need help locating a supplier of AC/DC convertor adaptors
REL>to be used with a product that will be sold on the European market.

Some suggestions:
Ault - 7300 Boone Ave N., Mineapolis, MN 55428  (612)493-1900
Elpac - 3131 S.Standard Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92705 (714)979-4440
EDS - One EDS Way, Danville, VA 24541 (804)792-6405
FRIWO - Frederick MD (301)694-7479

I have catalogs on a number more - let me know if you want some other
names.
---
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Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: menzer@world.std.com (Randy G Menzer)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: Incubation Services
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:03:37 GMT
Article-I.D.: world.MENZER.93Jan24160337
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA



You might also want to get in touch with your local SCORE (Service Core
of Retired Executives) chapter.  Look in the phone book...  They have
many options and are VERY helpful.  I have used and learned lots from
SCORE in the cities of Tucson, AZ, Denver, CO, and Colorado Springs, CO.
 
Most of the information is free of charge and they put on GREAT seminars
for low cost with the Small Business Admin, etc...  They are sure to have
information on useful "incubation" services-- ones to go to and ones to
stay away from...
 
 
Randy
menzer@world.std.com
From: curtisa@hpscit.sc.hp.com (Curtis Allred)
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 03:14:04 GMT
Subject: Re: Starting a 900 number service
Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Santa Clara, CA
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs

> I am interested in starting a 900 number service.  Can anyone tell me what is
> involved in doing this in terms of start-up costs and what sort of equipment I
> might need?  Any help would be appreciated.


Here is some info I saved awhile back on the subject...

=============================================================================

>I am currently looking into getting a 900 number phone line.  If 
>anyone out there has looked into this, any advice would be appreciated.
>Some question that come to mind are:
>   o What are the associated costs (installation, monthly fee, cost
>	 per call)?

AT&T 900 service requirements:

Deposit  $10,000 - $30,000
Setup    $1200
Monthly  $1000

Minimum number of calls is 500 for no additional per call fee.
Under 500 $.35 additional per call charge.

Waiting list 2-5 years.

>   o Do all of the phone compainies offer this service?

AT&T, Telesphere, MCI, Sprint, GTE.

>   o How does billing and payment work:

Caller gets charged $2.00 per minute.
Phone company charges $.50 per call.
Difference credited to me = $1.50

>	  o Does the phone company send you a check every month?

Yes.

>	  o If there is a billing dispute, is that the phone companies
>		problem or yours?

The phone companies.

>   o Are there any unique regulations or taxes associated?

No.

>   o Any other helpful hints?

Federal Law prohibits Pornography, Lying, and Profanity.


American Business Seminars, Inc.
1700 South 75 East
Provo, UT  84606

(408)625-1910  Ask about 1-900 Quick Cash Systems.

**I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH AMERICAN BUSINESS SEMINARS, INC IN ANY WAY**

This is a service that uses a massive answering machine to handle
1,000's of call simultaneously.  They will provide:

-  No minimum number of calls
-  They will charge you $.25 per call in addition to
   phone company charge.  Total = $.75 charge = $1.25 to you.
-  They will provide you with one 900 line without the additional
   deposit, setup, or monthly fee from the phone company.
-  No waiting.  They bought 1,000's of lines.
-  You need not purchase an answering machine.  You call their
   machine on your touch-tone phone, leave your message, and that's
   it.

The real trick to 900 numbers is advertising.  This is the upfront
cost and can be quite substantial.

Some funny facts:

The greatest money maker as of 2 years ago was Dick Clark when he
did a "Call for the #1 hit this week according to Billboard". 
He grossed $2,000,000 in 2 hrs.

The 2nd most succesful line was "Dial an Insult".  The party uses
USA Today to advertise ($500 for a 1.5" ad) and regularly grosses
$100,000 - $500,000 per month.

The first 900 line ever used was a presidential poll.

900 lines is a Multi-Billion dollar business.


Kawika 
From burgoyne@highlite.uucp Fri Aug  7 14:17:53 1992
Relay-Version: version Notes 2.8.4  1990/05/09; site hpscit.sc.hp.com
From: burgoyne@highlite.uucp (J. Robert Burgoyne)
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1992 21:17:53 GMT
Date-Received: Sun, 9 Aug 1992 10:32:50 GMT
Subject: Re: 900 numbers
Organization: Gotham Communications Research
From: charlesw@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Charles Wilson)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: 800 number for the small business
Date: 22 Jan 93 21:58:57 GMT
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.

In article <1993Jan22.172348.7140@newshost.lanl.gov> hutch@bellman.lanl.gov writes:
>OK, what's the story on these inexpensive 800 numbers I've heard some talk
>about?  I'd love to have one installed to support my fledgling mailorder

There's no "installing" to it.  Call up one of the providers (they have the
numbers installed in _their_ offices) and for about $50/ month, you can
have an "800" number.  Most 800 number providers have several programs
such as "voice mail" (the cheapest).  All the way to "live operators"
standing by to process orders.  Others will do all the VISA/MC type of
credit card billing.  You name it, it's available.  Look in your local
(big city) phone book under "Telephone Answering Service".  There are also
national companies that do this.  It doesn't matter _where_ the phone is,
just so you can call in (to voice mail for example) to get the orders.
From: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Re: Environmentally Safe Product
Date: 23 Jan 93 21:13:21 GMT
Reply-To: peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Peirce Software
X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.6v1


In article <1993Jan21.145016.20759@bilver.uucp> (misc.entrepreneurs), bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
> In article <1993Jan19.144516.681@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> ogden_jon@macmail1.rtsg.mot.com writes:
> 
> >FREE OF CHEMICALS??????
> 
> >Nothing can be free of chemicals.  Even the food we eat, the air we breathe,
> >the water we drink are all chemicals.  Honestly, you will need to change the
> >marketing on that aspect, because to say "chemical free" is just not true. 
> >It's one thing to say "no man-made substances" or "free of caustic chemicals",
> >etc., but chemical free - NOT!
>  
> Don't confuse 'elements' with chemicals.   Water and air usually aren't
> considered chemicals.  The term 'chemical' is usually meant to mean man
> made combinations.    Salt would probably be considered as a mineral,
> as it is an existing combination that is mined.    Salt, as it occurs
> naturaly in some items  would not be considered a chemical - that term
> is usually used to refer to additives.

Huh?  Is this some sort of PC definition of chemical?

And when did minerals stop being chemicals?  Good old salt is still
NaCl.  What difference does it make if it's mined, evaporated, or
synthesized from other chemicals?  NaCl is NaCl.

-- michael, not even a chemist...

--  Michael Peirce      --   peirce@outpost.SF-Bay.org
--  Peirce Software     --   Suite 301, 719 Hibiscus Place
--                      --   San Jose, California USA 95117
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--             Smoothie --   AppleLink: peirce & America Online: AFC Peirce
Organization: Arizona State University
Date: Friday, 22 Jan 1993 18:25:13 MST
From: <AABNK1@ASUACAD.BITNET>
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject:    Looking for someone?

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE?  Just supply a Social Security Number.
We're Computer Detectives.

Inquiries only: FAXWORLD
                Fax: 602-265-5016
                or
                send email to Lou Polett (73040.2157@compuserve.com)
From: cg011@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark M Woodward)
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
Subject: Calendar Datebook
Date: 24 Jan 1993 00:28:05 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


I have an opportunity to produce a calendar/datebook for a company. It
will be a 5x8 format, picture on the lefthand page, week at a glance on 
left. Has anyone ever been involved in this type of thing?? Any advice,
Thanks in advance,
Mark
-woodwamm@ctrvax.vanderbilt.edu
-- 
Mark Woodward
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: rkaczano@dante.nmsu.edu (KACZANOWSKI)
Subject: Re: Starting a 900 number service
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 22:11:10 GMT

Last I heard, American Business Seminars, Inc. was in court for
bankruptcy.  I suggest you call Strauss Communication, Inc.  They
are the ones that actually have the 900 equipment.  American Business
Seminars, Inc. was simply marketing the 900#.  Strauss Communications, 
Inc. is located in Carmel, CA.  Call information (408) 555-1212.

Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs
From: drw@cayley.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley)
Subject: Re: Environmentally Safe Product
Organization: MIT Dept. of Tetrapilotomy, Cambridge, MA, USA
	<1993Jan19.144516.681@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
	<1993Jan21.145016.20759@bilver.uucp>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 22:26:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan21.145016.20759@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:
   Don't confuse 'elements' with chemicals.   Water and air usually aren't
   considered chemicals.  The term 'chemical' is usually meant to mean man
   made combinations.

Only among the clueless and a few truly mindless eco-freaks.  

That's a bit nasty, but there really isn't any good way to draw the
line.  Figure out exactly what is it that you're worried about, and
then research exactly what substances are harmful in the ways you're
trying to avoid.

Dale
Newsgroups: misc.entrepreneurs