Legal analysis: Website icons need to be registered or copyrighted first. The benefits of registering copyright for trademark graphics:
1. Prove the ownership of the mark (trademark) to avoid invalidation of the trademark due to ownership issues in the future.
2. Once a copyright is registered, other people must obtain permission from the rights holder to use it, otherwise it will be considered an infringement.
3. When a work is commissioned to be designed by others, or is a work of employment, it is difficult to prove the ownership without copyright registration, and it is impossible to determine the original rights, which causes great difficulties for the right holder to claim his rights.
4. Copyright registration is conducive to ensuring the stability of trademark rights and preventing the lack of rights caused by only registering a trademark.
5. According to the relevant provisions of my country's "Trademark Law" and "Patent Law", trademarks and design patents that conflict with other people's prior rights can be revoked and invalid. Therefore, if a work of art (such as a graphic) is registered as a trademark by others, or a graphic trademark is registered by others in another category, it is more likely to use the prior rights to object or cancel the trademark.
6. Trademarks can be pre-protected in unregistered categories.
7. The certificate is issued quickly.
Legal basis: "Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China" Article 3 Trademarks approved and registered by the Trademark Office are registered trademarks, including commodity trademarks, service trademarks, collective trademarks, and certification marks; trademark registration Everyone has the exclusive right to use a trademark and is protected by law.
The term "collective trademark" as mentioned in this Law refers to a mark registered in the name of a group, association or other organization for use by members of the organization in commercial activities to indicate the user's membership in the organization.
The term "certification trademark" as used in this Law means that it is controlled by an organization with the ability to supervise certain goods or services and is used by units or individuals other than the organization to certify the goods or services. The origin, raw materials, manufacturing methods, quality or other signs of specific quality of the goods or services.
Special matters concerning the registration and management of collective trademarks and certification marks shall be stipulated by the industrial and commercial administration department of the State Council.