I- trademark ingqamana yepropathi yepropathi evumela ukuba wenze "uphawu" into ukuze kungabikho mntu unokuyikopisha okanye ukuyisebenzise. Ikwahlula inkampani yakho kunye nemveliso yayo kuwo wonke umntu.
Musa ukudibanisa uphawu lokuthengisa kunye ne-copyright; Iikopi zobulungisa ziyimisebenzi efana neencwadi, iifilimu kunye namavidiyo.
Ukuthengisa igama lakho kukunika uphawu olongezelelweyo, kwaye kugcina abanye bangasebenzisi igama lakho.
Ukubhalisa igama lakho kunye nokuThengisa igama lakho
Ukubhalisa igama loshishino lihluke ngokuthengisa igama elo. Ungabhalisa igama lebhizinisi kwilizwe, okanye igama loshishino libhaliswe ngokuzenzekelayo xa iqumrhu lebhizinisi libhaliswe (njengenkampani okanye i-LLC, umzekelo). Ukubhalisa igama loshishino kwimeko kuphela ebhalisa igama kulowo mmandla, ukugcina abanye kwimeko yokusebenzisa abanye; uphawu lokuthengisa luyabhaliswe kwi-US okanye ungabhalisa uphawu lokuthengisa kwihlabathi jikelele.
Ukuqinisekisa ukuba omnye umntu akayisebenzisi igama lakho okanye igama lakho ishishini lakho-naphi na e-US, kufuneka unikwe igama lophawu.
Iimfuno zokuba igama libekwe uphawu
Abantu baphatha uphawu lwabo ngamaxesha onke.
Abadlali, abalobi, amanani ezemidlalo kunye nabanye abadumileyo baninzi ngamagama abo.
Umzekelo, i-IPWatchdog isebenzisa umzekelo kaSarah Palin, oye wabiza igama lakhe (ngokwenene ngumqondiso wenkonzo , kungekhona uphawu lokuthengisa), Uluhlu "Iinkonzo zokuzonwabisa kunye nezokuzonwabisa, oko kukuthi, ukubonelela ngeenkonzo zokuthetha ezikhuthazayo kwintsimi yezopolitiko, inkcubeko , ishishini kunye nexabiso. " (Ukusuka kwiNkqubo yeeShishini zeKhangelo zoTywala (iTESS).
Amashishini amancinci eCron.com athi, "Igama lomntu linokubhaliswa nje ngokuba liphawu lokuthengisa xa libonakala ngokubanzi kwizorhwebo."
Ukucaca, ukuba ufuna igama lokuthengisa igama lakho, kufuneka ufumane ukusetyenziswa kwezoshishino kulo, kwaye ukuba ukusetyenziswa kweshishini kufanele kufane nenye yeendidi ezininzi zeemveliso kunye neenkonzo. Uluhlu lwegama lakho elithengisa igama kwicandelo elinye alunthinteli umntu ukuba alitsho njengephawu lokuthengisa kwaye ulisebenzise kwelinye iqela. Kodwa kwiimeko endizibonayo kubantu abaphilileyo, kufuneka kubhalwe imvume ebhaliweyo ngenqaku lokuthengisa lomntu.
Iimpawu zokuThengiswa koMthengisi kunye namaGama anqabileyo
Amagama afanelekileyo atyhwelwayo ayenayo "ayingcambu" okanye "angabonakali." I-USPTO ithi i-trademark yeyona nto ifanelekileyo. Amagama amancinci angcono ngokuthengisa. Ezi zenziwe ngamagama kunye namagama angaxhomekekanga ngokufanelekileyo kwimveliso okanye inkonzo. Ekukhangekeni kwesiseko seenkcukacha zorhwebo, ndafumana igama elithi "uJohn Smith" (exhunywe kwishishini) elalibekwe "njengengqiqo.". Amagama afana ne-EXXON ayingcambu.
Amagama angabonakaliyo akwenziwanga kodwa axhomekeke ngokufanelekileyo kwimveliso okanye iinkonzo ezithengisiwe. "I-Apple" ngumzekelo wegama elingabonakaliyo.
Kutheni ubhalisa igama lakho lomntu
Ukubhalisa igama lakho kunokukunceda ufumane ukhuselo olukhuselekileyo kwi-cyber squatters (abantu abaqoqa amagama e-domain ukuze badibanise abantu baze bafumane imali).
Ewe, isizathu esona sizathu sokuthengisa igama lakho kukukhusela abanye ukuba basisebenzise . Umzekelo, uMorgan Freeman wabiza igama lakhe ukukhusela ukuba lisetyenziswe yinkampani ukuthengisa iimveliso zayo. Iphawu lokuthengisa likaFraneman lidweliswe kwicandelo "Iinkonzo zoononophelo, okuthi, zibukhoma, zifowuni kunye nemiboniso ye-movie ngumgcini wezentengiselwano."
Ukukhusela Igama Lakho EliMpawu
Emva kokuba ubeke igama lakho, kufuneka uyikhusele okanye umngcipheko wokulahlekelwa uphawu lwakho lokuthengisa. I-Patent yase-US kunye ne-Maritime Office akukhuseli igama lakho, ngoko kufuneka ukhuthalele. Unokufuna ukusebenzisa i- Google Alert f okanye igama lakho ukuze uhlolisise.
Ukuba ufuna ukumangalela umntu ngokusebenzisa igama lakho, kufuneka ubonise "ukudideka kuluntu." Oko kukuthi, awukwazi nje ukuthi "umntu usebenzisa igama lam" kodwa kufuneka ubonise ukuba kukho ukudideka kwaye oko kudideka kukulimaza ngokwezimali.
Nasi umzekelo wemfundiso: Inkampani ebizwa ngokuthi "MdDonald kunye neBons Burgers" isetyenziswe kwidolophu encinane kwaye iMcdonald's (yehlabathi jikelele). Baya kufuneka babonise ukuba abantu badibanisa ezo zokutya ezimbini kwaye ukuba ukudideka kwenzakalise ibhizinisi elikhulu likaMcDonald.
Ukusebenzisa i-Attorney Intellectual Property Attorney
Ngaphambi kokuba unqume igama lokuthengisa igama lakho, qhagamshelana nommeli wepropathi yepropathi. Ukukhishiswa kwempahla kuyinkqubo eyinkimbinkimbi, kwaye unokufumana ukuba uyayifumana imali ukuqinisekisa ukuba yenziwe ngokufanelekileyo.