Recently I saw a lot of small partners have been not tell the difference between trademarks and copyrights, do not understand the similarities and differences between the two. Ink security today gave little friends explain in detail the differences between trademarks and copyright.
The difference between trademarks and copyrights
The definition of a trademark
trademark is a mark used to distinguish a brand or service operators and other operators of goods or services. Including trademarks, service marks, certification marks, trademarks parking shall enjoy the exclusive right to the trademark, protected by state laws. Simply say that the right to use, exclusive rights, the right to prohibit investment rights, inheritance rights and the transfer of ownership of the trademark proprietor.
Copyright definition of
copyright is also known as copyright, it is a generic term property rights and moral rights of natural persons, legal persons or other organizations to literary, artistic and scientific works legally entitled.
Trademarks and copyrights belong to the intellectual property, and will be limited in time and geographical.
1. Copyright protection is the creator created out of the original works, divided into literature, art, natural sciences, social sciences and other works. We are generally more common as written works, art works, photographs, plans, and more.
Trademark protection is for a brand, product, service provider or text patterns. General common as text, graphics, digital, three-dimensional signs and color combinations.
2. The applicant different trademarks and copyright, trademark is filed through the Trademark Office, copyright is registered by the Copyright Office. Trademark is not registered will not be protected by law, and copyright protection is not required as a condition must be registered, compared to without going through the registration of copyright works, the greater the degree of credibility in order, more efficient legal protection, We need to register copyright works. Trademark and copyright can be registered at the same time, the trademark can apply for copyright, but copyright is not necessarily a trademark.
3. The term of protection of copyright and trademark is not the same. Trademark protection period is only valid for 10 years from the date of approval of the registration application within 12 months prior to the expiration of renewal, can then be given a grace period of six months during this period failed application. Renewal can be repeated indefinitely, each renewal of registration is valid for 10 years. Where no formalities for renewal, will be registered trademarks of their cancellation. A copyright is the copyright owner for life after death and 50 years.
With the progress of the Internet age, infringement of the original works, more and more cases of piracy, the country is also increasing emphasis on intellectual property rights, ink security recommendations in order to avoid creators rights have been violated, you can own to the Copyright Office to register copyright or is the ink's cloud service platform for rapid registration is right to protect the rights of creators.