Trademarks mainly focus on logos attached to products or brand identities that are different from others

Copyright refers to the copyright of the work, that is to say, if your trademark has a pattern, Registering a copyright proves that the trademark was designed by you and that you own the creative rights to the pattern.

The definition and protection period of copyright. Copyright is also called copyright. Copyright refers to the rights that creators of literary, artistic and scientific works have over their created works. Duration of copyright protection: Natural person: the lifetime of the author plus 50 years after death, ending on December 31 of the 50th year after the author’s death. Legal person: 50 years after the work was first published, ending on December 31 of the 50th year after the work was published

Copyright registration conditions Any aesthetically pleasing logo or design can be successfully registered for copyright! Cross-protection (Multi-cross Protection) generally refers to applying for both trademark registration and copyright registration for a LOGO, so that the LOGO obtains dual protection from the trademark law and copyright law at the same time. Copyright registration is cost-effective

Copyright only needs to be registered once to be protected. The protection period lasts for 50 years after the death of the author, and no renewal is required during this period. The application time is fast, and the certificate can be obtained in more than two months, which makes up for the slow time of trademark application; it makes up for the gap where the customer has not registered all categories, and if it cannot be done in multiple categories, it can be copyrighted; it increases the customer's intellectual property rights holdings; it can be passed To safeguard copyright, you can protect yourself and at the same time take the initiative to sue the other party for infringement

During his long creative career, the famous cartoonist Mr. Zhang Leping created a cartoon with a big head, a round nose, and only three hairs on his head. Zhang Leping owns the copyright to the "San Mao" image. The defendant Jiangsu Sanmao Group Company has widely used the image of "Sanmao" on its products, advertisements, and corporate logos without permission. In addition, between November 1995 and February 1996, the defendant submitted trademark applications containing the "Sanmao" cartoon image to the State Trademark Office for 34 categories of goods. By the time of the incident, it had been approved for category 31. After a trial, the court found that the defendant's use of the "Sanmao" cartoon image in commercial marks without permission infringed on the prior rights of others - copyright. Subsequently, the State Trademark Office canceled the "Sanmao" trademark registered by the defendant on 31 categories of goods due to "improper registration."