Logo is a logo, not necessarily a commodity logo, but also an organization logo, badge, personal logo and so on. In short, the scope of logo is much larger than that of trademarks, and idle trademarks can be transferred to make money. Legally speaking, Logo and trademark are very different.
1, the acquisition of rights is different;
As a work of art, Logo does not need to be registered, and the copyright is automatically obtained when it is created, while the trademark must be registered by the corresponding national authorities before it can obtain the trademark right.
2. Different ownership of rights;
The designer and owner of logo are probably not the same person. Generally, companies have to entrust designers to design logo. As commissioned works, the copyright of Logo belongs to the client, or to the designer without agreement, and the trademark belongs to the trademark owner. This is the category of intellectual property.
3. The laws of protection are different;
Logo is protected by copyright law and trademark is protected by trademark law. Logo can be registered as a trademark, so this trademark logo is protected by both copyright law and trademark law, which means that the protection scope of logo and trademark is different, and the protection scope of logo is not as wide as that of trademark. If the intensity of infringement protection is different, of course, the intensity of trademark protection is greater than copyright. There will be another problem here. If the copyright of the logo belongs to the designer, then if the logo is infringed, it actually harms the interests of the logo owner, but only the designer has the right to sue. The trademark owner can directly sue the infringement in his own name.
4. Different protection periods;
Logo as a work of art is generally protected for 50 years, while trademarks can be extended indefinitely, and the protection time is unlimited.