As part of such determination, we can prepare and file for you the appropriate applications to help you protect your intellectual property. We also can evaluate any claims you may have against others related to your intellectual property. Copyrights protect creative expression. Trademarks protect the words or symbols by which consumers identify the source of a given product or service. Trade secrets protect secret processes and ideas.
Patents protect specific products, processes, or ornamental features.
Copyrights Copyrights usually exist from the moment the original work is created, but are limited to expressive acts and do not cover utilitarian objects. Copyrights typically protect things like books, poems, artwork, musical recordings, film, television programs, scripts, software, etc. Copyrights can be registered, with little substantive review of the subject matter of the work. A copyright registration application is a relatively simple government form to fill out. Although Federal Copyright registration is not required for a work to be copyrighted, we recommend that you do so because it is quick and relatively easy, because it is required if you attempt enforce your rights in court, and be it is excellent proof that you are the owner of the copyright.