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How can I legally use the trademark pattern I designed?

You can register and protect the corresponding category of trademarks according to the company's business scope, so that you can use this mark on the company's products or services, and you will enjoy it after the "Trademark Registration Certificate" is issued. exclusive right to use. Based on the characteristics of trademarks, the scope of protection is greater than the scope of rights. Compared with other intellectual property rights, the protection is very strong.

In addition, a drawback of trademark registration is that trademark protection is based on categories. According to my country's general "Classification Table of Similar Goods and Services", all goods and services are divided into 45 categories. If you want to Comprehensive protection through trademarks is very expensive. In comparison, copyright registration can make up for this shortcoming! Copyright has the following advantages over trademarks:

1. Trademark registration does not mean that you have the copyright of the logo: Trademark registration only associates the registered logo with specific goods or products without conflicting with prior rights. However, it does not have the exclusive right to this creative mark. Other natural persons or legal persons can use this mark for other types of registrations, including registrations of similar categories.

2. The protection period is long: if registered in the name of an individual, it lasts for 50 years before and after death; if registered in the name of a company, it lasts for 50 years.

3. Wide scope of protection: Compared with trademarks, the scope of protection of copyright covers all categories, including all goods or services.

4. High cost-effectiveness: Based on the broad protection scope of copyright, compared with the registration of all types of trademarks, the cost of copyright registration is low.

5. Short processing time: the "Copyright Registration Certificate" will be issued about 3 months after the materials are submitted.

To sum up, you can register a trademark on the main business scope and register the copyright of the modified graphics at the same time.