How to Brainstorm Business and Product Names with AI Quiz

Answers and explanations appear as you take the quiz.

1. Which type of name generally receives the strongest trademark protection?
   • Generic
   • Descriptive
   • Suggestive
   • Fanciful (an invented word)
2. 'Apple' used as a name for computers is an example of which category?
   • Generic
   • Arbitrary
   • Descriptive
   • Fanciful
3. An AI chatbot tells you a name 'is available as a trademark and a .com domain.' What should you conclude?
   • Nothing definitive, so check the trademark databases and a domain registrar yourself
   • It is safe to file and launch
   • The name is available worldwide
   • The domain has been reserved for you
4. What does the 'radio test' check?
   • Whether the name fits on a billboard
   • Whether the AI rates the name highly
   • Whether someone who only hears the name can remember and spell it
   • Whether a radio station already uses the name
5. Why do AI-generated name lists often feel generic?
   • Models are forbidden from inventing words
   • Models only know dictionary words
   • Models copy registered trademarks on purpose
   • Models favor high-probability patterns, so their suggestions cluster around familiar forms
6. What does registering an LLC name or buying a domain do for your trademark rights?
   • It does not, by itself, give you trademark rights
   • It guarantees national trademark rights
   • It replaces the need for a trademark search
   • It stops others from using similar names
7. What is the Nice Classification?
   • A rating of how pleasant a name sounds
   • A system of 45 classes of goods and services used to organize trademark registrations
   • A list of words banned from business names
   • Rules for choosing domain extensions
8. Which prompt is most likely to produce a varied, useful set of names?
   • Give me 5 names
   • Give me a catchy name
   • Give me 50 names across descriptive, suggestive, invented and metaphor styles, avoiding dropped vowels and '-ify'
   • Give me the single best name