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- redefine
does anyone know any links/resources on copyrighting work and also trademarking company names, and how to go about doing that?
also your own experiences with doing any of this.
thanks in advance
- Mimio0
You'll need an attorney who specializes in intellectual property to trademark a logo. There's a fair bit research involved before submitting it, and it's convoluted with legal jargon and criteria.
- redefine0
have you had experience with this mimio?
- ********0
I propose a pact to not share knowledge on the subject
- Mimio0
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have you had experience with this mimio?
redefine
(Feb 28 06, 11:07)At the companies I've work for, yes. I've even made materials that they've handed over to the lawyers. It's a precaution to havethem submit the trademark to the USPTO, you mainly get the the lawyers to manage the trademark for you. For example, someone is using your name, or a similar logo in your field, they send a nasty letter and interface with any responses from the other party etc. Plus, if you want to expand the ID to other trustmarks/namesakes etc.
- phirschybar0
Copyrighting material is incredibly easy to do. Look at the Library of Congress' website or even just find out about how to submit for copyright.. costs like 30 dollars per submission. You actually don't need to copyright anything because you automatically hold the rights by default.. but it's a good idea because if anyone infringes on you, you can sue for damages. I have a lot of experience with copyrighting, especially photography.
- redefine0
i guess i should explain what i am trying to do in more detail. i am going to be design t-shirts and want to make sure that my designs are copyrighted, i also want to make sure that my name/logo, which i will be using on these shirts, is also trademarked/copyrighted or whatever it has to be.
what are the first steps? contacting an attorney? lawyer?
- ********0
can't believe you guys always forget this. it's the bottomline, at least in the US of A.
:D
- ********0
btw, Copyright is secured automatically when the work is created, and a work is "created" when it is fixed in a copy or phonorecord for the first time. "Copies" are material objects from which a work can be read or visually perceived either directly or with the aid of a machine or device, such as books, manuscripts, sheet music, film, videotape, or microfilm. "Phonorecords" are material objects embodying fixations of sounds (excluding, by statutory definition, motion picture soundtracks), such as cassette tapes, CDs, or LPs. Thus, for example, a song (the "work") can be fixed in sheet music (" copies") or in phonograph disks (" phonorecords"), or both.
If a work is prepared over a period of time, the part of the work that is fixed on a particular date constitutes the created work as of that date.
- Mimio0
If you want to try and submit a trademark yourself:
http://www.uspto.gov/