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A surefire way to avoid legal issues is to create your logo in your own way using unique elements. It should be your own design that has no borrowed elements of colors, typefaces, symbols, images etc.

Why and How to Register Business Logo Design? The major steps to be followed while registering your trademark in India are: Step 1: Choose a Unique Logo. Step 2: Trademark Search. Step 3: Class Selection. Step 4: Making the Trademark Application Form. Step 5: Examining the Logo. Step 6: Publication or Advertisement.

Thus, copyright registration cannot be sought to protect the name. But, the logo can be protected under both the trademark and copyright. The copyright registration for the logo can only be obtained if it is artistic in Nature and possess some unique creation.

When you license your brand, you grant the rights to a licensing partner who can manufacture, market and sell products bearing your brand name. You'll collect royalties from the arrangement and, oftentimes, an advance of those royalties in exchange for letting the licensee use your brand.

How to Copyright a Logo? Log in to the Copyright Registration System. Go to the official United States Copyright Office website. ... Find the Copyright Application Form. ... Fill in the Copyright Application Form. ... Pay the Registration Fee. ... Check Your Email For Confirmation.

How to Trademark a Logo. A unique logo can be trademarked by registering it with the USPTO. Anyone can apply online on the USPTO website if the business for which they're authorized to file is principally located inside the U.S. If based outside the U.S., a patent attorney will be required to make the filing.

You can register a logo with the USPTO by using the Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) or other online trademark service. If your logo includes design elements, you will need to upload an image, using a . jpg file, of the logo as part of your trademark application.

The Basics of Getting Permission Determine if permission is needed. Identify the owner. Identify the rights needed. Contact the owner and negotiate whether payment is required. Get your permission agreement in writing.

It is perfectly acceptable and within the bounds of the law to use another's trademark in advertising, provided certain standards are met. The advertisement must be truthful and the use of another's trademark must not give a false impression of connection, approval or sponsorship by the owner of the other mark.

A logo that includes artistic or design elements, (i.e. not just the name on its own), is legally regarded as being a work of artistic creation and therefore will be protected under copyright law.