Being in business means having a great name, logo and slogan for brand recognition but are those creations copyrightable?<\/p>\n
That is one of the biggest questions a good intellectual property lawyer gets asked all the time: \u201cCan I copyright my slogan, logo, title or brand name?\u201d \u201cThe short answer is no,\u201d commented Deborah Barron, a Sacramento business lawyer of the Barron Law Office in California. \u201cBrand names, slogans, other short phrases and business names can\u2019t be copyrighted. In fact, they are explicitly excluded from protection,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
This exclusion applies to \u201cany\u201d kind of name, catch phrase, and title or short ad expression. For those who write cookbooks for a living, and those who copy recipes to try at home \u2013 ingredient lists, recipes, formulas and labels are not protected by copyright. \u201cJust hang on one second though, the text descriptions, explanations and even the directions may be copyrightable, so tread carefully,\u201d (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Being in business means having a great name, logo and slogan for brand recognition but are those creations copyrightable? That is one of the biggest questions a good intellectual property lawyer gets asked all the time: \u201cCan I copyright my…<\/span><\/p>\n