How do you copyright a business name and logo?

Answer 1

Copyright law does not protect a business name. However, you might want to register a trademark on the name/brand. This can be done at a federal or U.S. state level. In the USA your brand is protected from infringement as soon as you first use it in commerce in association with your goods or services. However, registration provides more protection and simplifies any future efforts to enforce your rights in the brand.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Ideas in themselves cannot be copyrighted in the United States, according to the Copyright Act. See 17 U.S.C. 102: http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.html#102 More information is available at the website of the Copyright Office: www.copyright.gov . Ideas and methods--including business methods--can be protected under a utility patent if all of the legal requirements have been satisfied. For more information on patents, see the website of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: www.uspto.gov . Writings that describe or discuss a business idea may receive copyright protection, but such a copyright would not prevent others from putting the ideas into practice. (Again, see the government websites cited above.)

Answer 4

You cannot copyright an idea. Under current US law copyright will not protect names, titles, common words/phrases facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation. Under some circumstances patent, trademark, or trade secret laws may provide protection.

Answer 5

Copyright would not protect a business name and logo; if you wish to register them as trademarks, contact the trademark office of the countries in which you wish to do business. It is also possible to get "common law" trademark protection simply by using the mark in trade.

Answer 6

There are two ways of protecting your creative works.

One is a design patent. These can take a while to perfect and get into place.

In most cases, when you create something, simply marking it as copyright by indicating Copyright with the word or symbol, the year, and the copyright holder provides notice. Before you could bring suit on someone, you would have to register the copyright with the government, fairly simply process and relatively inexpensive.