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Secrets to Finding
a Good Name
F
ifteen years ago, we wrote: “The single most important
marketing decision you can make is what to name the
product.”
By now, the world seems to agree.
A booklet from Johnson & Johnson says: “Our company’s
name and trademarks are by far our most valuable assets.”
The former chairman of Quaker Oats says: “If this busi-
ness were to be split up, I would be glad to take the brands,
trademarks, and goodwill, and you could have all the bricks
and mortar—and I would fare better than you.”
A former Commissioner of the Patent and Trademark
Office said that a trademark is “frequently a more valuable
asset of a business than all other ...