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Does a trademark need to apply for copyright?
Copyright is copyright. From the perspective of intellectual property protection, it is necessary to apply for registered trademarks in copyright registration, especially for trademarks related to content. The specific reasons are as follows: after the successful registration of a trademark, it only means that the trademark owner will be protected by relevant laws in the use of the trademark; If the name and content involved in a successfully registered trademark are related to copyright, if copyright registration is not carried out, it is easy for others to illegally use it, which is not convenient for safeguarding rights; Timely copyright registration of trademark-related content is conducive to improving its own intellectual property protection system; Copyright registration of successfully registered trademarks is conducive to enhancing the value of intellectual property rights. Therefore, after successful trademark registration, it is beneficial to your intellectual property rights to apply for copyright registration in time. Under normal circumstances, if the applied trademark is a pattern, it can generally be registered as a work of art or a photographic work; Due to the long period of trademark application, in order to avoid being registered by others, many people will register their copyright before trademark application to protect their original works. Article 33 of the Trademark Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), within three months from the date of the preliminary examination and approval announcement, if the prior obligee or interested party thinks that the trademark violates the provisions of Article 13, paragraphs 2 and 3, Article 15, Article 16, paragraph 1, Article 30, Article 31 and Article 32 of this law, or if anyone thinks that it violates Article 4, Article 10, Article 11 and Article 32 of this law, there is no objection at the expiration of the announcement period.