The concept of umbrella here generally refers to a sunny or rainy umbrella, because now many umbrellas have begun to be used as two umbrellas, that is, an umbrella for sunny days and an umbrella for rainy days. Combining the two into one, no matter it is sunny or rainy, an umbrella is enough. So among the trademark categories, which category should the umbrella trademark choose?

By searching in the Bajie Intellectual Property Trademark Encyclopedia, we can know that the category of the umbrella trademark is Class 18 - 1804 - Umbrellas and their parts - Children's Umbrella 1804, Umbrella 180043. Whether it is a complete umbrella or umbrella accessories, the categories are the same.

In reality, we know that for the protection of enterprises, in addition to the protection of trademark registration or transfer of approved trademarks, there is another situation that can protect the logo, and that is copyright registration. Copyright is what we usually call copyright, and it is also a type of intellectual property. Copyright registration can protect the legitimate rights and interests of the creator of the work and help resolve copyright disputes caused by copyright ownership.

It is true that the protection of copyright registration is also of substantive significance. Although both this and trademark registration are to protect enterprises and some works, there are still differences between the two, which determines whether the enterprise should register first. Trademark/To obtain a trademark, you should still register the copyright first.

First of all, we need to know that trademark application for registration or transfer must be approved by the Trademark Office. Its use time is generally ten years. However, because the year of registration is different, the transfer is still based on the trademark approval date. . Copyright registration is carried out through the China Copyright Registration Center, and its protection period is the life of the author and 50 years after his death. The institutions and registration times vary.

Let’s talk about protection. Both have the function of protection. Trademark protection may be more biased towards economic substances. Evidence of trademarks can also be seen in many economic disputes, and Trademark protection is actually very small, because the categories registered are different, and the protected categories are only limited to the selected ones;

Copyright protection is relatively more focused on the ideological aspect, because the basics of copyright The attribute is originality, which is created over a period of time, so when encountering copyright infringement, you can quickly determine whether the trademark is related to it. It is also clear where the infringement occurs. From this perspective, copyright protection is actually a very substantive and high-level protection.

In fact, for companies operating in the market, trademark registration is more common, and copyright registration is based on the originality of the trademark. If both can be recognized by law, the protection will be stronger than One protection is more comprehensive.