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.
To protect a business name within your industry, you would apply for a trademark.
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.
To protect an original invention OR a significant improvement to an existing product, a patent would be filed. Here's the USPTO's definition: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/doc/general/index.html#patent
Hope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
2007-02-14 03:01:33
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answered by TM Express™ 7
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1) A copyright is a technicality because in most cases a copyright is automatic and implied. When you compose or write something, music, software code, book stories and poems, you are automatically granted a copyright unless what you wrote has an incredible likeness to some other original previous work
2) Trademark is a symbol such as a name, slogan, short text, idiogram or other picture to represent your brand and product in the market place.
3) A patent is a legal right granted based on an application to the office of Patents and Trademarks. It is a disclosure of an invention which is novel and non-obvious to others trained in the art. The invention can be an idea, software program concept but not usually a program, a machine or idea for improvement of a process. It can be on just about anything. It grants you 17 years of uninfringed rights to use that method, process or design.
2007-02-10 20:48:17
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answered by KingGeorge 5
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trademark:1. is a symbol,word,or words legally regisetred as representing a company or a product.
2. a distinctive characteristic or object. sometimes it is used as an adjective to mean to
Paten: 1. a shallow metal plate or dish for holding brad during the Eucharist. it came from latin:Patina (Shallow palte).
copyright: the exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years to print,publish,perform, film, or record literary,artistic, or musical material.
But be careful the copyright's laws are different from country to another and are not fixed all year round they are being changed.
2007-02-10 21:10:10
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answered by Mehato 1
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A trademark is a little symbol that represents the company (like that check shaped thing for Nike brand stuff) a patent is the number/code that has to do with the copyright and the model type, and the copyright is what you get from a patent that says that nobody can legally copy your work or use your ideas.
2007-02-10 20:42:42
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answered by Monkey Girl 2
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a trademark is a registered design for something like a logo or name of a product, a patent is a registered design for the product itself, a copyright is a registered ownership of media i.e. manuscripts, novels, film rights, they all restrict others from using the same designs or media for their gain without first gaining a licence to do so, by making it illegal to do so, hence copyright theft if you download movies or music from illegal websites or copying and re-selling movies.
2007-02-10 20:44:22
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answered by a1ways_de1_lorri_2004 4
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I just know that a patent is more for things that someone invented, and a copyright is more for like music...I think it depends on what the registration is about....that's all I know about it....
2007-02-10 20:41:45
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answered by luvsexhappiness 2
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