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How many of you had trademarked your logo, or designs? I am not talking about a business, business but more from a hobbyists perspective. From someone who wants to sell to a few friends, etsy, nothing more at this time. Would you still recommend to trademark the logo?

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

I have not. It looked like a lengthy and expensive process when I last read about it.

You specifically aimed your question at hobbyists, if I read it correctly. When I was only a hobbyist (lo many years ago - lol), then no I did not spend the money or time to trademark.
Now that I am a business, YES, I have trademarked some of my things - names for a new line of soaps, etc.
It was quite easy to do online, and only costs $275. I have only had one issue, so far, where an examiner did not agree with me, and we are working on that. not fun. If you are going to trademark, I recommend a hugely thorough search, way more than their little auto one on the USPTO website, before spending the money.

As a hobbyist, I guess a lot would depend on exactly how attached you are to a particular name or design. If you aren't selling ,then who is going to see you using ( and therefore potentially object) any name or logo anyway?

Yes, I have a trademark for my business name.

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