If there is protection, there must be security. If you apply for trademark and copyright together, wouldn't it be "invulnerable"? Let’s talk about the benefits of applying for both at the same time.

Is it necessary to apply for copyright and trademark at the same time? What are the benefits?

First, copyright takes priority. Copyright priority refers to the prior right to enjoy copyright stipulated in the Trademark Law. Using someone else's copyrighted work as a trademark without the permission of the copyright owner is an infringement of other people's prior rights.

In other words, if a trademark has applied for copyright protection, even if other businesses want to use the same or similar trademark to register trademarks in different categories, and the registration is successful in time, the copyright protection will be invalid.

If in normal times, the trademark is not registered for all categories and there is no application for copyright protection, it is possible for others to use the same or similar trademark to register trademarks for different categories successfully. This will affect your trademark layout and brand building.

Second, the scope of rights protection is wider. In other words, if someone else uses your trademark pattern, even if it is not used as a trademark, but still establishes a connection between the logo and their own products, they can still defend their rights on the grounds of copyright and unfair competition.

Third, it will not be affected by the "withdrawal of three". "Withdrawal for three years" means that a trademark that has not been used for three consecutive years will be revoked. The original intention of the "withdrawal for three years" is to prevent trademark holders from unreasonably hoarding or occupying monopoly trademark resources.

Under the "trademark copyright" protection model, even if a trademark is "withdrawn", it will not be registered and used by others.