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Now this a valid reason to give your kid the surname of a brand. To get rich quick. Too bad that this also limits employment options in the long run (can you imagine Google to work for Amazon?)


It remember me the story of Mike Rowe who named his company Mike Rowe Soft. Here the details: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft


Except having the name is not enough, you also need to have used it in business already.

Happens all the time, as many brand names come from family names and the founder isn't the only person bearing that name.


>you also need to have used it in business already.

What is this based on? Because surely I have the right to own mylastname.suffix without being a business even if someone decides to make a business that bears my family name.


Might be less limiting than you think.

There was famously an apple store employee called "Sam Sung" - https://www.cultofmac.com/290116/sam-sung-auctioning-apple-s...


If it were your middle name then you could have the option to omit when needed.




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