Five questions about copyright registration
1、 Is it unnecessary to deal with trademarks after handling copyright business?
A lot of friends talk about the confusion between copyright and trademark. They think that after the registration of copyright, there is no need to register trademark. Some friends even think that copyright can replace trademark in various commercial occasions.
Trademark and copyright are totally different concepts. Trademark protects the goods and categories of logo, while copyright protects the logo itself. And the issuing institutions are different. Copyright can be used in all kinds of commercial occasions, but it can't replace trademark. Try to think that they can use each other. One is enough. Is it necessary to have two?
Trademarks are mainly used in products. Only through registration can we enjoy the exclusive right of trademarks. Without registration, there is no exclusive right of trademarks. An unregistered trademark cannot belong to the intangible assets of an enterprise or be protected by the State Trademark Office. Products without trademarks cannot be sold in regular stores. Moreover, if only registering the copyright, others can also rush to register it as a trademark. If they want to get back the trademark right, they can only do so by revoking or defending it. Therefore, we should turn the passive into the active, register the copyright while applying for the trademark, and prevent others from rushing to register.
2、 How long does it take to register the copyright?
It only takes about 5 months to register the copyright. Warm reminder: although it takes 5 months to handle the copyright, the registration of copyright is extremely important. Please don't forget to handle it because of trouble.
3、 How to use the copyright？
You can use it on any of your own products, and mark © on the top left or right corner of the copyright. It is mainly used to expand the scope of logo use and provide evidence, because the copyright protection is the logo itself. Compared with the trademark, it has greater freedom in use and can be used on any goods and service objects; in addition, if the other party is suspected of infringing its own copyright, it can apply to the relevant departments for protection of its own legal rights through the copyright certificate.
4、 Can someone else's trademark be cancelled after the copyright date is advanced? Can someone else write off their logo after registering the copyright?
Believe these two questions, do you have in mind? In fact, after the date of copyright is advanced, an objection can be raised within the period of the trademark announcement of others through the copyright registration certificate. However, in addition to copyright, more evidence materials are needed for trademark invalidation application of well-known brands, such as use evidence, etc. In the same way, when one's own logo is registered as a copyright by another person, one can also request the trademark to be invalid.
