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Can copyright be used as a trademark

Legal analysis: Copyright cannot be used as a trademark. Copyright and trademark belong to intellectual property rights, but there are many differences, so they can't be replaced. Copyright is mainly used for works, while trademarks are words, graphics, letters, numbers, three-dimensional signs and so on used by producers and operators of commodities in their production, manufacturing, processing, selection or distribution or by service providers in their services.

legal basis: article 4 of the trademark law of the people's Republic of China. if a natural person, legal person or other organization needs to obtain the exclusive right to use a trademark for its goods or services in production and business activities, it shall apply to the trademark office for trademark registration. The provisions of this Law on commodity trademarks shall apply to service trademarks.

Copyright Law of the People's Republic of China Article 2 Works of China citizens, legal persons or unincorporated organizations, whether published or not, shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law.

The copyright enjoyed by the works of foreigners and stateless persons according to the agreement signed between the country where the author belongs or the country where he has his habitual residence and China or the international treaties to which * * * is a party shall be protected by this Law.

works of foreigners and stateless persons that are first published in China shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this law.

works that have not signed an agreement with China or * * * with the authors of countries participating in international treaties and stateless persons are published in the member countries of the international treaty to which China participated for the first time, or published in both member countries and non-member countries, shall be protected by this law.