Can I not register a trademark if I have registered one?
Having registered a trademark copyright Registration is optional.
Register copyright. What is protected is works in the fields of literature, science, and art. No registration is required and they are automatically protected from the time of creation.
Registered trademark. What is protected is the commercial mark of the product, which needs to be registered to be protected.
Article 2 of the "Copyright Law" The works of Chinese citizens, legal persons or other organizations, whether published or not, enjoy copyright in accordance with this law.
The copyrights enjoyed by foreigners and stateless persons in their works are based on the agreement signed between the country of origin or habitual residence of the author and China or the international treaty to which both parties are a party. protected by this law.
If the works of foreigners or stateless persons are first published in China, they shall enjoy copyright in accordance with this Law.
The works of authors and stateless persons from countries that have not signed an agreement with China or jointly participated in international treaties are published for the first time in a member country of an international treaty that China is a party to. or published simultaneously in a member state and a non-member state, shall be protected by this law.
Therefore, copyright will be protected by law from the moment we create it, and trademarks need to be registered before they can be protected. Therefore, there is no necessary connection between the two. You can choose not to register a trademark, but this will not receive legal protection. If you have other related questions, please feel free to consult the professional lawyers on the Legal Savior Network.
