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You cannot copyright a product. You may patent an invention that is "new and non-obvious" if you file the necessary application and have it examined and approved. You should expect to pay about $10,000 for a patent in the USA.
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Does a copyright or a patent create a monopolistic market?
A patent grants the holder the rights to produce the product. Only they can make it for the length of the patent. They can also license out the rights to make something. Anyone else making the product can be sued for violation of the copyright.
How do you register products for copyright?
You probably wouldn't want to copyright a product; you might want to trademark it, or (if it's revolutionary) apply for a patent.
How much does it cost to copyright a watch?
It does not cost anything to receive copyright protection in most cases. For a watch, you would need to seek out a patent to protect your product, not copyright.
How do you copyright materials you create?
As long as you have created the material, and it's on the internet, you've got a copyright. If you made a physical product, you can get a patent to protect it.
How do you copyright a product?
Typically you would want to protect your product through trademark or (if it's an invention) patent law, rather than copyright. The US Patent and Trademark Office has very clear walkthroughs on its website (link below); outside the US, your country's trademark and/or patent office likely has a similar process.
How do patent and copyrights encourage innovation?
While a patent or copyright is held by a company or a person, no one else can use that product or copyrighted material (also known as intellectual property) without the permission of the patent/copyright holder which usually involves some kind of compensation. If someone wants to use one of these products or materials, and can't come to an agreement with the patent/copyright holder, then they are motivated to produce a variation or an improvement on it and get their own patent/copyright for themselves. New products and materials are developed all the time to compete with an existing patent or copyright.
Do you have to patent a cartoon?
You cannot patent a cartoon, although you might patent an ornamental product design based upon the cartoon. Cartoons are generally protected by copyright, not patents. Copyright is free and automatic, in most countries (including the USA), from the moment the first draft is created.
Is it illegal to copyright?
No. It is illegal to INFRINGE on a copyright. A copy right applies to intellectual or artistic property or ideas . You must apply for , get granted , and get a copyright from the government, just like a patent for an invention or a product .
Does Sony own the patent or COPYRIGHT for cds?
An invention or idea cannot be protected by copyright, only by patent. The content of a description of an invention cannot be protected by patent, only by copyright. Printed matter recorded on a CD cannot be protected by patent, only by copyright. The way printed matter FUNCTIONS on a CD can be protected by patent but not copyright. The way the same material can be USED can be protected by copyright AND patent. You cannot patent or copyright something that was copied from someone else's work. So the answer would depend upon what aspect of CDs you're referring to.
Does wheels on the bus have a copyright?
No, you would patent the wheels on a bus, not copyright.
How much does it cost to copyright a product?
Typically, a product intended for sale would benefit more from trademark or patent protection, rather than copyright. In the US, registering a trademark costs $375, and the basic patent filing costs $330, although securing a patent involves many additional costs.
What is the copyright date of the Kinect?
Products such as the Kinect are protected by trademark and patent rather than copyright (which would protect individual games, for example). Microsoft filed for a US patent January 20, 2009, registered a trademark April 29, 2010, and released the product in November 2010.
