Then, you can legally put on the (R) symbol. The better form of trademark is the registered trademarkt, which needs to be filed with the US Patent Office. However, that is a weak form of protection and is on weaker ground for defence in court. For a trademark, you need to put on the (tm) symbol next to your logo. Yes, all works are implicitly protected by copyright. Also, copyright and trademarks work differently. That's where you have trademarks that protect the design and concept. Similaraly, you can't use copyright to protect all instances of a logo. A story with a character in it, or even just an illustration with the character, can be copyrighted, but that does not apply to the concept of a character. So going by comic book character examples, you can't copyright a character. Seitz 04:26, 24 July 2006 (UTC) Reply Ĭopyrights apply to a specific instance of creation. They may not have registered the copyright, but it is still protected under copyright law. Works are now automatically copyrighted by default. Seitz 05:53, 23 July 2006 (UTC) Reply Actually, now that I think about it, the logo is already copyrighted. However, a copyright might prevent Wikipedia from using the logo, unless it qualified under 'fair use'. For example, I don't think a trademark would prevent the logo from being uploaded to Wikipedia, since the logo is not being used to imply that Wikipedia is a product or service of Anime Expo. My understanding is that copyright and trademark each offer protections that the other does not. I was thinking of comic book and cartoon characters, which are commonly copyrighted and trademarked. Would you like a crash course in intellectual property rights?- 208.54.15.129 23:15, 22 July 2006 (UTC) Reply Sure, I'm always happy to learn something new.

Why could they not be copyrighted as well as trademarked? - Seitz 09:46, 22 July 2006 (UTC) Reply I suppose you can copyright a logo, but a trademark offers stronger protection, so it's a moot point to do so. Although look at other articles on corporations, trademarked corporate logos are shamelessly uploaded all the time.- 67.180.209.147 9 July 2005 05:17 (UTC) That would be trademarked, not copyrighted. Without explicit consent, those logos may not be uploaded to the Wikipedia. The Anime Expo Logo, and the Society of the Promotion of Japanese Animation Logo are copyrighted by their respective users.

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