#MY LOGO ON PRODUCTS REGISTRATION#
#MY LOGO ON PRODUCTS PROFESSIONAL#

There are a number of instructional books and websites that can help you learn Illustrator.

The most used program is Adobe Illustrator but Inkscape is another offering, and it can be downloaded online for free.

#MY LOGO ON PRODUCTS PROFESSIONAL#

You can do this yourself or hire a professional to make it happen for you.

Ultimately, you need to have your logo digitized. The differences between trademarks, copyright and other rights are discussed in more detail on our intellectual property rights page.Create a final draft.

#MY LOGO ON PRODUCTS REGISTRATION#

A registration of the logo with ourselves provides a low cost way to secure independent evidence of your prior claim in case of incidents in countries where you do not have a registered trademark. In practice, businesses will tend to only seek registered trademarks in countries where they have a strong trading relationship and fall back on copyright or passing off protection in the remaining countries. Registered trademarks are administered nationally by each country's government trademark office (UKCS do not register trademarks) if you are interested in obtaining a registered trademark, you should contact a trademark attorney or your national trademark office for further details. It is also possible to apply for a registered trademark on a per country or region basis. In most jurisdictions they are automatically protected under common law against passing off (where a competitor uses the mark in a confusing/misleading way, for example to poach trade). Trademarks and are intended to prevent confusion in the marketplace between competing companies in the same business sector. As copyright is an automatic international right, it therefore follows that, (other than activities specified under fair dealing rules), unauthorised copying of that logo would be an infringement.Ī trademark will apply to the logo as it is an identifying mark of the brand identity. 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.Ĭopyright protects the logo as an artistic work. A logo that includes artistic or design elements, (i.e. At the very least it can help to demonstrate who was using the name or logo first and who was copying. Certainly the fact that a logo was registered is evidence of the date and content of the logo.

Can a copyright registration of a logo be used in a passing off case?.

For more details on this, please see our copyright and names fact sheet. This would typically involve using the same (or similar) name or logo as the established company or falsely implying an association with the established company. Passing off legislation is designed to prevent a person or organisation from poaching trade from an established company by presenting itself in a way that makes the customer believe that are dealing with the more established company.

Does copyright protect the company name?Ĭopyright does not protect names in their own right, but trading names will still be automatically be subject to trademark protection against ‘passing off’.

Registration can be carried out using our standard application forms. This is often carried out at company start up or prior to the launch of a new product or advertising campaign. Registrations can be made for the company logo, and also for any images or artwork associated with the brand or promotional materials. In fact, it is common for companies to register their logos with us.

Can I register my company logo or brand images with the UK Copyright Service?.

This page deals with the common questions surrounding this subject.

In particular how copyright protects logos and whether logos are suitable for registration. Logo copyright is the subject of many enquiries we receive.

My logo on products