Protecting the identity of your inventions and brands is as essential as making them successful. To avoid someone using your invention’s name or your brand’s logo, protecting them with copyrights or trademarks is necessary
What is a Copyright?
a way to protect your original works, inventions, or your intellectual properties such as art, architecture, music, writings, etc
Trademarks protect the rights of a company, its name, logos, slogans, and more. To be specific, trademarks protect anything associated with a brand or business.
copyright protects books, videos, artworks, etc., that are produced by the creation of the mind, and a trademark protects the rights of a company brand, such as its logo, symbol, slogan, etc.
The validity of a trademark is forever until you continue to use it, and it doesn’t expire. However, the validity of a copyright depends on the year in which the property was created
To protect copyright, you can:
– Mark your work or invention using a sign or watermark.
– Send your work to yourself, denoting that it has been in your possession for a specific period.
To protect a trademark:
– Register your trademark on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). You can either do it on the website or work with a lawyer to help you with the procedures.