Inventions are protected by patent law.
The book Edison the Firefly and the Invention of the Light Bulb is copyright 2008.
The word invention is nearly synonymous with the word design. Every new design is an invention and every new invention is a type of design.
The author of a creative design is the owner of the copyright automatically.
The word invention is nearly synonymous with the word design. Every new design is an invention and every new invention is a type of design.
1. You make a prototype of your design 2. You patent or copyright it 3. You wait for the approval which might take years
Copyright someone elses design
If the design meets the minimum requirements for copyright protection, yes.
Aspects of the design that are entirely your original work, such as a piped or carved design, may be protected by copyright as a work of visual art; the US Copyright Office has asserted that permanence is not required for protection.
It doesn't. Patent law protects inventions.
If you control the copyright, anywhere. If you don't control the copyright, and don't have a license, nowhere.
Yes, if the web design legally belongs to you. Add © copyright YEAR NAME OF COPYRIGHT HOLDER to the bottom of each page of the website. This will signal to honest people that the web design is copyrighted and may not be used elsewhere.
Architectural works are protected by copyright.