Get your copyrights registered in 3 simple steps:
Spend a couple of minutes to fill out a simple questionnaire. This will initiate your registration process for the copyright or trademark.
Here, we perform a thorough search through our database to check whether the copyright is already in use so we can officially complete your registration.
Finally, we register your copyright application with the USPTO and your copyright application with the U.S. Copyright Office.
Copyrights protect original literary, artistic, musical, or dramatic work. This will include books, paintings, movies, songs, software, and even advertising copy. Keep in mind that copyrights do not protect your ideas and they can only protect that which is in a tangible medium. The benefits of copyright application include:
Register Your CopyrightTo put it simply, copyrights protect original works of authorship such as artistic, musical, dramatic, or literary works such as architecture, computer software, songs, movies, novels, and poetry, among so many more. Copyrights aren’t meant to protect ideas, facts, methods of operation, or systems. Whatever work you choose to get copyrighted, it will be protected in a tangible, either with the aid of a device or machine or in a form that is perceptible directly.
Includes everything from the Basic Package PLUS:
Copyright is a form of intellectual property protection introduced by the U.S. Constitution. It helps protect original works of authorship such as artistic, musical, dramatic, or literary works. Also, copyrights can cover both unpublished and published works.
We recommend registration for a number of reasons. For instance, many people choose to do so because they would like to have the facts in their copyrights published on public record and for a certificate of registration. Consequently, registered works will be eligible to receive attorneys’ fees and statutory damages in successful litigation.
Anybody that is introducing a new brand identity, or is planning on offering newly branded services or products, should take the necessary steps to protect their copyright.
The answer to this question will differ from agency to agency and based on staffing changes and enhanced technologies at the US Patent & Trademark Office. If you’re asking us specifically, you can count on the entire application process to take from 9-to-12 months.
It can take up to 10 years. Also, the registration can easily be renewed so long as you have made sure to maintain an uninterrupted use of your trademark in interstate commerce.
If you have a federally registered trademark, you will be able to use the ® symbol. For every other mark, whether unregistered or registered, you will not be required to add a designation. However, we always advise mark owners to attach the ‘SM’ or ‘TM’ symbol to let the industry know that your company name, logo, or symbol is proprietary to your services or goods.