[Fmpro] DBA and ASCAP--chicken or egg?

[Eric Goetz]

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 9:39 AM, Susan Poliniak <spoliniak at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> When setting yourself up as a publisher with ASCAP and as a DBA,
> which should be done first? Does it matter? Is there a greater danger
> of being denied your business name by one after the paperwork has
> been filed with the other?


I've always been told you should file the ASCAP publisher name first, and
then do DBA afterwards.  It wouldn't hurt to do a trademark search (costs
$$, though)  or at the very least a Google search beforehand.

Eric