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A trademark, service mark, or tradename is a word, name symbol, device or combination thereof, adopted and used by a manufacturer, service provider, or merchant to identify goods and services in order to distinguish them from others. A patent gives legal recognition to the inventor, creator or discoverer of a new product, procedure or composition of matter. You may obtain a patent or federal trademark by fulfilling all the requirements of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. For more information, contact:
State trademarks, servicemarks and tradenames can be obtained through:
A copyright is a form of protection provided to an author of original works including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, sound recordings and certain other intellectual works.