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[rob@zedspace.com]

Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:

> Graham Burnett wrote:
> 
> > For reasons I won't go into here, I'm shortly changing the name and have a
> > few ideas in mind, however I need to check that these names arn't already
> > registered by someone else- I've done web searches which havn't showed
> > anything up, but does anybody know if there is an online publiclly 
> > viewable
> > database of existing registered buisness or voluntary group names (UK or
> > internationally)?
> 
> register.com and verizon.com are all you'll need to find and secure a 
> domain for yourself.
> Those two are th easiest to use and are secure.

Be careful when using register.com - I've had several experiences of looking 
up a domain name here and the next time I tried it had been registered. Some 
of these companies monitor or sell the list of names that people are 
enquiring about. So if its available and you want it, buy it stright away. 
I've used domainwhitepages.com with no problems though.

As far as looking up names for businesses and voluntary groups, you can use 
companies house (www.companieshouse.gov.uk) to look up any uk company, and 
the patent office (http://www.patent.gov.uk) to see if the name you're 
thinking of is a registered trade mark. I don't know of any directory of 
voluntary groups or worldwide directory of businesses though. You could of 
course try google :)

Incidentally, is you name change related to the Land & Liberty magazine - I 
hope they paid you well!

Cheers,
Rob