Join members of the NameStormers team as they explore the nuances of the creative nature of name generation, the mechanics behind trademark screening, and the importance of consumer research, with various guests featured along the way!
How to Avoid “Name Slop”: Why AI-Generated Names Fail & What to Do About It
"Name slop" warns that AI spits out polished but interchangeable names—repeating familiar patterns and suffixes—which hurts memorability, trust, and raises legal/rebrand risk. People buy meaning, not words; great names must be defensible, pronounceable, discoverable, and able to carry a story. Use AI for ideas and speed, but let humans apply trademark checks, phonetic tests, category clarity, and narrative judgment before choosing.
4 Dec 2025
Why Getting a Trademark Registration Is So Much Harder
In this episode of Naming in the AI Age, Ashley Elliott explains why trademarking a name has become increasingly challenging. Global trademark filings have nearly doubled over the past decade, from 6 million in 2015 to 11.7 million in 2024, with significant concentrations in countries like China and growing activity in emerging markets such as India, which filed roughly 540,000 trademarks in 2024. The rise of e-commerce, especially during COVID, fueled spikes in filings as online-first seller...
20 Nov 2025
DuPont & Polaroid Factors: Infringement and Likelihood of Confusion
Naming a brand requires both creative thinking and an understanding of how trademark examiners and courts evaluate potential conflicts, using frameworks like the USPTO’s DuPont factors and the courts’ Polaroid factors to assess likelihood of confusion. They look at the strength and distinctiveness of existing marks, how similar two names sound or appear, whether the goods or services target the same customers, and whether an established brand might reasonably expand into a new category. Real-...
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