Saturday, January 5, 2019

Difference Between Copyright And Trademark

Difference Between Copyright And Trademark
The main dissimilarities or difference between copyright and trademark can be highlighted as follows:
1. Introduction
Copyright: A law that protects the ownership of intellectual properties
Trademark: A symbol, design, slogan, sound, color etc used to separate and identify the source of product.

2. What Is It?

Copyright: It is a legal right to protect original creation
Trademark: It is a recognition of or product and protection of consumers

3. Used For

Copyright: It is used for the protection of authorship of literally works such as books, novel, music, audio, video etc.
Trademark: It is used for the protection of companies' products and services

4. Period

Copyright: It is issued for long period of time
Trademark: It is issued for short period of time

     
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5. Coverage

Copyright: It covers originally created works
Trademark: It identifies the the brand and informs the consumers

6. Area

Copyright: Wide area (all over the world)
Trademark: Applicable in limited area only.

Copyright Vs Trademark (Comparison Chart)

Basis For Difference

Copyright
Trademark
Introduction

Law that protects the ownership of intellectual properties
Symbol. mark. slogan, color etc. used ti identify the product
It Is

Legal protection
Product recognition
Used For

Protection of authorship
Protection of products
Issued For

Long period
Short period
Covers

Originality
Brand
Area

Applicable in wide area
Limited area

I hope this post is helpful to understand the difference between copyright and trademark and to make comparison between them.