What protects a logo, a copyright or trademark?
This was selected as Best Answer 1) Trademark rather than Copyright for your logo 2) You can be an individual 3) You can start the ball rolling with a ‘common law’ trademark (start using your distinctive device, be consistent, mark it ‘TM’ or ‘SM’) which will afford some ‘first use’ protection 3) Decide if you need/want State or Federal 4) Eligibility for taking out federal protection relies on you ACTUALLY doing business / making sales in multiple states or out of the US 5) You may apply for federal protection with the INTENT to use in near future, and then follow up with a statement of use (will cost extra) 6) If you intend to use internationally, you’ll have little protection unless you file internationally (federal will protect US to ‘other’, but ‘other’ to ‘other’ is not protected) 7) Pragmatically, you might need to be able to (i.e. have the funds and knowledge to) defend your trademark for the class of goods/services you have registered it for. This isn’t necessarily for malicio