Copyright Infringement

finance a la shmoop what's the difference between a trademark and a

copyright all right well here's that little TM thingy for trademark or an R [Trademark and registered trademark symbols appear]

in a circle for registered trademark and here's that little C thing for copyright

so there's a starter the letters and well the artwork are different both are

assets if a company owns them shmansi assets called intellectual property

trademarks and copyrights are basically legal boats like the mode around a [Man discussing trademarks and copyrights]

castle filled with sharks in the human crap nobody else can use those

trademarks and/or copyrights without permission and that permission usually [Permission slip appears]

comes with a check written from the user to the company who owns them so that's

how they're the same but what about how are they different mm-hmm all right well

here's the quick and dirty answer copyrights protect artistic or written

work trademarks protect goods and services if it's a copyright you want [Trademark definition appears on dollar bill]

well you'll register for one through the US Copyright Office you know them well

here at shmoop or if a trademark is more what you're after you'd hop on over to

the u.s. trademark office so your manifesto on the importance of brushing [Manifesto appears]

your teeth yeah you'll want to copyright that maybe actually invented a new

toothpaste that makes your breath smell fresh like strawberries yeah trademark [Strawberry toothpaste appears]

that wrote a new piece of music you're hoping to sell on iTunes

yeah copyright that pedaling your new music software trademark okay yeah so

well let's come back to shmoop what about us our world-beating learning [Shmoop video appears]

guides and courses our original written material so yeah we copyright them

but our snazzy logo and the company itself yeah trademarked there now you

speak copyright but we still speak student