TM and SM identify and distinguish the source of goods and services. You can claim rights to a mark whether or not you have filed an application with the USPTO. Using the USPTO you will find federally registered marks. Having a federally registered mark shows ownership of the mark, legal right to use the mark nationwide and the ability to bring action in a federal court. Also, using the USPTO is a basis to obtain registration in foreign countries and to prevent importation of infringing foreign goods. This international registration is called the Madrid system for the international registration of marks. Using this system allows a trademark owner the possibility to have his trademark protected in several countries by filing one application with their own national or regional trademark office. These countries are members of the Madrid Union.
Checking outside the US, you would us the WIPO(World Intellectual Property Organization) Madrid System.
Madrid Union Members:
Albania
Algeria
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Belarus
Belgium
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Bulgaria
China
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Denmark
Egypt
Estonia
European Community
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania
Russian Federation
San Marino
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uzbekistan
Viet Nam
Zambia
Just search "TM" here at Namepros and you'll come up with tons of helpful information.
The copyright is for the content that was created for the site.
Copyright is a set of exclusive rights that regulate the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. At its most general, it is literally "the rights to copy" an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is "©", and in some jurisdictions may alternatively be written as either (c) or (C).
Copyright may subsist in a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms or "works". These include poems, theses, plays, and other literary works, movies, choreographic works (dances, ballets, etc.), musical compositions, audio recordings, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, software, radio and television broadcasts of live and other performances, and, in some jurisdictions, industrial designs. Designs or industrial designs may have separate or overlapping laws applied to them in some jurisdictions. Copyright is one of the laws covered by the umbrella term intellectual property.
