Posted By
indi
on 2008-11-27
04:15:58
|  Re: What's the reason for "No downloads available"?
No, prior art only works with patents. Lets say Lucas didn't trademark StarWars, anyone could then come along and beat him to it, but I can't remember anyone being that stupid. These days everything is trademarked which is why you don't get titles that are identical.
Basically Copyright protects actual assets like graphics/sound etc. Patents protect concepts and ideas about ways of doing things, and trademarks protect brands and names.
As with patents however, there are certain "spaces" to which things are trade marked. comptures and IT, books, movies etc. are all in different spaces, so you have to apply for a trademark across the board - which everyone does these days. Same goes for patents.
However Copyright protects people from using your logo in another space...I think...So can't use that macdonalds logo just anywhere.
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