What is the difference between a "copyright" and "trademark?"?

Answer 1

Copyrights can be obtained for things of an artistic nature. This includes, of course, poetry, films, sculptures, music, fiction, etc. But can also include things that may not necessarily seem "artistic" in the general sense of the word. Copyrights can also be obtained for advertising copy, games, software programs and blueprints, to name just a few.

Trademarks can be names of products or services, logos, slogans, packaging and even sounds and smells. In essence, a trademark can be almost anything that is used to identify a particular product or service. Registering a trademark grants the owner exclusive rights to the mark within the specified industry.

Of course, it's necessary to research the mark comprehensively prior to filing to ensure that there is no possibility of infringing upon another party.

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Answer 2

Copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of "original works of authorship" including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished. The 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to reproduce the copyrighted work, to prepare derivative works, to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work, to perform the copyrighted work publicly, or to display the copyrighted work publicly.

The copyright protects the form of expression rather than the subject matter of the writing. For example, a description of a machine could be copyrighted, but this would only prevent others from copying the description; it would not prevent others from writing a description of their own or from making and using the machine. Copyrights are registered by the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress.
A trademark is a word, name, symbol or device which is used in trade with goods to indicate the source of the goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. A servicemark is the same as a trademark except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than a product. The terms "trademark" and "mark" are commonly used to refer to both trademarks and servicemarks.

Trademark rights may be used to prevent others from using a confusingly similar mark, but not to prevent others from making the same goods or from selling the same goods or services under a clearly different mark. Trademarks which are used in interstate or foreign commerce may be registered with the Patent and Trademark Office. The registration procedure for trademarks and general information concerning trademarks is described in a separate pamphlet entitled "Basic Facts about Trademarks".

Answer 3

Copyrights are provided for works of creativity/ intellect and covers articles, books, designs etc. These may not be copied/ reproduced without the author's or owner's permission.

Trademarks are provided for goods/ services that uniquely identify a product or a service froma specific supplier. Trademarks are given within specific domains/ geographies. So, you could have a Tiger biscuit and a Tiger cycle - being owned by different people/ organizations in different areas.

Answer 4

A copyright is a legal entitlement to the design or content of a work. A trademark is a legal entitlement to the name of a product or service.

Answer 5

A copyright means it belongs to that person or company and cannot be made again under someone elses name. A trade mark is the picture or thing used to show it belongs to a person or company.

Answer 6

Copyright : There are some rights passed by the court which is punishable for making duplicate copy from the original ones..
Trademark:this is wat you find in registered products by the government which is safe to use....