Comments on: Sarting a baby skin care line. What legal actions do I need to take? http://www.beautytipssupplies.com/825/sarting-a-baby-skin-care-line-what-legal-actions-do-i-need-to-take/ Beauty Tips & Supplies Now! Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mary B http://www.beautytipssupplies.com/825/sarting-a-baby-skin-care-line-what-legal-actions-do-i-need-to-take/comment-page-1/#comment-10065 Mary B Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:58:59 +0000 http://www.beautytipssupplies.com/825/sarting-a-baby-skin-care-line-what-legal-actions-do-i-need-to-take/#comment-10065 You cannot patent a natural substance, or a combination of natural substances...you can only patent the name. That is why recipies, for Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Perfumes, etc..are closely guarded, b/c if they go out, there is nothing that legally stops someone from producing the same thing, they just can't MARKET the product under the same name.<b>References : </b> You cannot patent a natural substance, or a combination of natural substances…you can only patent the name.

That is why recipies, for Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Perfumes, etc..are closely guarded, b/c if they go out, there is nothing that legally stops someone from producing the same thing, they just can't MARKET the product under the same name.References :

]]> By: JP http://www.beautytipssupplies.com/825/sarting-a-baby-skin-care-line-what-legal-actions-do-i-need-to-take/comment-page-1/#comment-10064 JP Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:31:59 +0000 http://www.beautytipssupplies.com/825/sarting-a-baby-skin-care-line-what-legal-actions-do-i-need-to-take/#comment-10064 You probably need $1,000,000 or more of product liability insurance -- esp to sell to any chain stores. I'm guessing this could cost you $1500 a year -- but that is a real guess. And you need to be a business -- a sole prop or a subchapter S corp are your most likely choices -- depends on your finances. Things like soap are really hard to copyright or trademark unless you have something really revolutionary. And you must be ready to spend a LOT to defend these protections -- otherwise you are probably best not bothering. Good luck.<b>References : </b> You probably need $1,000,000 or more of product liability insurance — esp to sell to any chain stores. I'm guessing this could cost you $1500 a year — but that is a real guess. And you need to be a business — a sole prop or a subchapter S corp are your most likely choices — depends on your finances.

Things like soap are really hard to copyright or trademark unless you have something really revolutionary. And you must be ready to spend a LOT to defend these protections — otherwise you are probably best not bothering. Good luck.References :

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