Question

6. Explain the difference between trademarks, patents, and copyrights.
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Answer 1

Copyright and trademark are two types of intellectual property protections. Copyright protects the expression of an idea, granting the owner the right to reproduce, distribute, and display the work, and lasts for a set number of years. Trademarks, on the other hand, are distinctive signs, symbols, words, or phrases that identify and distinguish goods or services of a business, and can be registered or established through common law use. Trademark protection lasts as long as the trademark is in use and can be renewed indefinitely.

Answer 2

Copyrights protect creative or intellectual works, and trademarks apply to commercial names, phrases, and logos. Copyrights primarily protect the rights of people who create literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. A patent is a government authority or license conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention.