I want to register my game development business, and I want to use an English name. I live in Quebec. Quebec's language laws require that a company be registered under a French name. You can show it in English, but wherever you do, it has to be shown in French too, and the French should be more prominently displayed.
I don't want to register a name in French. My company will be making games for people around the globe, not just in Quebec, and English just so happens to be a much more ubiquitous language.
The way around this law is to register a trademark first. If you're naming your company after your registered trademark, you can give it whatever name you want. That requires some additional fees, both initially and every 10 years, but it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
What I'm wondering is, what did all these other game studios in Montreal do? I see a bunch of them here with English names, and I don't see them in the Trademark database.
Anyone familiar with how new game companies go about registering their name? I'm wondering if trademark registration is the only way to go.
