Protecting Your Work
Good afternoon everyone! You've reached the Business Discussion area of the Community. I'd like to share some info from an article I read posted on the QuickBooks Blog. This one in particular covered ways you can protect your work and receive the credit.
Some key terms to keep in mind are:
- Intellectual property (IP)
- Patent
- Trademark
- Copyright
- Public domain
- Copyright infringement
- Plagiarism
- Proper attribution
- Permission
How to protect your small business branding
"The more unique your branding is, the stronger your trademark will be. If your logo is artistically unique, you might consider registering for both a trademark and a copyright. While trademarks prevent competitors from using the same branding for similar goods and services, copyright provides broader protection from unlawful copying. "
"The more unique your branding is, the stronger your trademark will be. If your logo is artistically unique, you might consider registering for both a trademark and a copyright. While trademarks prevent competitors from using the same branding for similar goods and services, copyright provides broader protection from unlawful copying. "
How to protect your small business’s products
"Regardless of your industry, your business will rely on certain trade secrets—whether that be a client roster, a secret formula, or a specific distribution method. As long as your trade secrets have economic value, are not already known or obvious, and have actually been kept secret, they qualify for legal protection."
"Regardless of your industry, your business will rely on certain trade secrets—whether that be a client roster, a secret formula, or a specific distribution method. As long as your trade secrets have economic value, are not already known or obvious, and have actually been kept secret, they qualify for legal protection."
Getting credit for commissioned work
"Commissioned art includes any work you are creating for a specific client, corporate or individual. Before entering into a commission agreement, ArtConnect magazine suggests that you’ll want to make sure that your contract clearly lays out not only the scope of the project, a precise timeline, and your payment terms, but also your rights."
"Commissioned art includes any work you are creating for a specific client, corporate or individual. Before entering into a commission agreement, ArtConnect magazine suggests that you’ll want to make sure that your contract clearly lays out not only the scope of the project, a precise timeline, and your payment terms, but also your rights."
These are some great points to get you started but the article linked above offers even more info about this topic. What have done to protect your business and your hard work? Let's talk about it in the comments!