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COPYRIGHT

 is a legal concept enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it. Usually for a limited time for generally, it is the right to copy but also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work or  who may financially benefit from it and other related rights

·          Someone is not allowed to copy your work or you cant copy work of someone else as they have special security all the work produce by any type of graphics designer has the protection of copyrights sign which looks like this  ‘’  © ‘’ .

TRADE MARK

is a recognizable sign and is design or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others. The trademark owner can be an individual, business organization, or any legal intenity. A trademark may be located on a package , a label , a voucher or on the product itself.

Trade mark is recognize as  ‘’  ® ‘’ symbol.         

                        

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY'

is a legal concept which refers to creations of the mind for which exclusive rights are recognized. Owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of  intangible  assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works , discoveries and inventions and also words, phrases, symbols, and designs.



There’s list of all intellectual property symbols, short-forms, etc.

Patent Pending:

The ™ sign:

• flags an unregistered trademark
• usually superscripted or subscripted
• expresses owner's belief and/or intention
• (trademarks are brand names for products

The ® symbol:

• flags a federally registered trademark or service mark
• cannot be used unless the mark is federally registered
• indicates USPTO validation of mark
• usually superscripted or subscripted
• replaces either the TM or SM sign when the mark is registered

The © symbol:

• first element of copyright notice
• word Copyright can be used instead
• followed by year date of publication and owner's name
• used whether or not work has a copyright registration
• copyright notice not required, but highly recommended.