The Small Business Channel. Gen X Biz Nuts and Bolts. This is just a quick tidbit on the complex world of protecting intellectual property. Starting a business may include the need to register a trademark or copyright. Not necessarily right away, but eventually you may want to protect certain ideas or symbols that represent your business's identity and image.
Some trademarks are worth more than others.
Your trademark may not have that kind of value right now, but you still need to protect yourself. There are two kinds of patents, a design patent or a utility patent. The invention cannot have been patented anywhere else in the world. The invention has to have a purpose. The invention can't just replicate something already invented.