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Which trademark or copyright symbol do I use?

Erik K Pelton

Here is a handy cheat sheet I made: ® – a.k.a “circle-R” – Registered trademark with the USPTO. TM – Unregistered mark, used with products and tangle items. SM – Unregistered service mark, used with services.

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Trademarks vs. Copyrights for Startups

TraskBritt Intellectual Property

A copyright is created the moment you have developed your work to the point that it is in a fixed and tangible form. This means that once you have created text for your website or recorded a video, these works are automatically protected by copyright and you are entitled to use a copyright notice, ©.

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Which Type of Intellectual Property Protection Do I Need?

Art Law Journal

This duration didn’t start until 1989 when the United States signed the Berne Convention, the international copyright treaty. Any works that received copyright prior to 1989 had different requirements and durations, including having a copyright notice, i.e. © Steve Schlackman (1975).

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Which Types of IP (Intellectual Property) Protection Do Artists Need?

Art Law Journal

This term of copyright duration didn’t start until 1989, when the United States signed the Berne Convention, the international copyright treaty. Any works that received copyright prior to 1989 had different requirements and durations, including having a copyright notice, i.e. © Steve Schlackman (1975).

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A Look Back at India’s Top IP Developments of 2021

SpicyIP

This case involved Sun Pharmaceuticals allegedly infringing Cipla’s copyright and registered trademark. In October, Newslaundry revealed that its YouTube operation had been suspended pending an enquiry into 53 separate copyright notices received from Aaj Tak. Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd.

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