The world is fast growing and productions of different things to help life is till at a very high level and all these produced are an end product of human intelligence which was thought through and manipulated to give these desired end that we see and embrace. Owing to all these, there are need that what is original is kept original thus giving respect to whom respect is due. One of the more reasons why the names of inventors of all these wonderful tools that make living easier regardless of the fact that they might be dead is because there were followed patterns and rules that kept their names and things manufactured and that is where "copyrights and trademarks" comes into play.
Safeguarding intellectual properties have too many roles to play in our society both in and out of season because if the needful is not done, one could mistake what is original to be fake and outside of that, the fake can go along way to destroy the original, replacing the original and then causing more trouble to what could have been an easy ride on market productivity and licensing. In this article, we are going to look into ways and how to protect properties not just anyhow properties, the intellectual ones with trademark and copyrights.
For Trademark
(a)
Because there are many products in the market and these products serve specific functions depending on what the producers have in mind. Most of these products are of great importance to human living so for this course the producers trademark them. So for an incoming products there is need that one makes a thorough search using the market survey before integrating a trademark for a product.
(b)
In the market space, provided the governments are working and doing their best to standardize things, authorities are been set to monitor some affairs and this can't be out of control with trademark too, so the producers should also register their trademarks with relevant authorities.
(c)
Like we all know, some little things matter. Use the symbol ® for registered trademarks and follow up the processes involved in it.
(d)
There are many competitors outside there both recognized and not recognized and these competitors can go a long way in making their fellow competitor be forced out of market so for any infringement of products, rights and more, take legal actions and bring your standards. This will serve as a deterrent to others that would want to cross the line.
(e)
Since most registrations are seasonal, there is need for periodic renewal of registrations. Also, licensing agreement should not be forced out of control owing to the frequent usage, it be controlled. Working and implementing a brand protection strategy that oversees the overall welfare and warfare of the products and company should implemented too.
For Copyrights
(a)
There should be a detailed information about the company and the products hence the date of creation, publication and registration should be documented because it helps to improve and keep the standard of the company.
(b)
There are designated authorities and firms that oversees the welfare of a product and more so there is need to contact and connect with them. Authorities such as IP attorney shouldn't be kept out of the equation.
(c)
There is need to hire and establish watch service to monitor the the growth of the company and also look out for rights infringement regarding the product.
There are more to the points listed above and as such,the protection of intellectual properties should be taken to the highest form and order making proactive requirements which oversees the interest and way meaning levels of brands and products.
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