Posts tagged copyright
What Constitutes Trademark Infringement?
Feb 9th
We have had a lot of clients recently ask us whether the websites we build for them violate trademark infringement laws because there is no explicit approval for use of trademarked logos. Will they get into sued for copyright infringement?
The short to this question: no.
I am going to detail when unauthorized use of a company’s property is legally allowed.
What is the difference?
Dec 8th
We have customers keep asking us the same questions. “What is the difference between Registered Trademark, Service Mark and Copyright?”
So we have decided to post this article for those who are willing to learn more about it.
Trademark symbols protect your various product names, titles, logo design, brochure designs, custom web design and other graphic design elements that are used to identify your company as the source of a product. In this way, trademarks help your company to maintain a distinct identity in the marketplace.
Once you put a trademark on a product in the marketplace, it provides legal protection. However, they do not prevent other companies from producing the same products with a clearly different mark – you cannot trademark an idea but you can trademark the expression of an idea.
Although trademarks protect, they must also be protected by registering with the US Patent and Trademark Office. A Registered Trademark costs anywhere from $325 and up, and often takes a year and even up to several years to process, since there is more research involved in issuing it. Once registered, you can change the ™ to ®.
Companies must constantly monitor their trademarks so that they don’t slip into generic use; if they do, More >