Yes; they're usually called Intellectual Property lawyers, and deal with copyright, trademarks, and patents.
Copyright is a type of intellectual property. Other types are trademarks, patents, and trade secrets.
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Solomon J. Schepps has written: 'The concise guide to patents, trademarks, and copyrights' -- subject(s): Copyright, Law and legislation, Patent laws and legislation, Trademarks
I, personally, can't easily share sound recordings with my friends, but I can send them a link to the recording on amazon.com and suggest that they listen to a snippet of it. In that example, copyright law prevents me from copying the recording, because that's one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder, but the fair use clause (section 107 of the law) allows the sample to be played without a license. Intellectual property is all over the place. My alarm clock has a patent, my shampoo has patents on the formula and the shape of the bottle, and trademarks on the name and logo, and although my clothes isn't protected by copyright, the names of the designers and manufacturers are registered trademarks as well. There are trademarks (and maybe a patent or two) all over my breakfast, patents and trademarks on my multivitamin, hundreds of patents and a few trademarks on the car, and multiple copyright angles to the music on the car radio. And all of that is before I get to work, where half of my job is copyright licensing.
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Spyderco has 54 patents and 36 trademarks.
In the US they are administered by separate government agencies. Copyrights are overseen by the US Copyright Office in Washington DC. Patents & Trademarks are regulated by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents are examples of Intellectual Property.
In terms of intellectual property "public domain" refers to items that have no restrictions of use due to expiration of legal controls (patents, trademarks, copyright)
Creative property can be protected through copyright, trademark, and patents. Copyright protects original works of authorship such as literature, music, and art; trademarks protect symbols, names, and slogans identifying goods and services; and patents protect inventions or discoveries.
James L. Brown has written: 'Industrial property protection throughout the world' -- subject(s): Copyright, Patents, Trademarks