Hello! I'm Ilango, founder of easyauth.io. For the past few days my co-founder and I have been contemplating registering our business as a C-Corp in Delaware via Stripe Atlas.
We realized that an LLC already exists in Delaware with the same name (Google search reveals the company is probably defunct by now) and a Trademark search on US Patents & Trademark website reveals there is a trademark on the name EasyAuth.
Being non-residents of the USA, we're unable to gather enough valid info online and decide if it's still a safe option to continue registration with the name EasyAuth? Are there any workarounds? Is it better to just change the name altogether?
Please help us with some advice :)
If the company exists and the trademark exists, then registering under that name is a clear NO.
If you doubt that the company doesn't exist anymore, you can hire someone to research it for you to ensure that your path is clear.
Yeah. We ended up consulting a lawyer.