DreamSight, The Trademark

Copyright infringement is when someone other than the original author recreates or copies a piece of work or art that doesn’t belong to them.

Copyrights: Registered or unregistered the content is still protected under copyright law and cannot be copied, distributed or recreated by anyone accept the original author or whoever has the rights to the content, for instance you cannot recreate original fictional characters in a totally new and original story without permission because those fictional characters are still protected so it would be considered an infringement.

Trademarks Registered and unregistered both have the same rights and protection, the only difference is when a trademark is registered and a trademark is infringed upon Dreamsight Could sue the person or company who stole their work.

Copyright laws protect the copying of all content ranging from titles, the written word like articles and story’s, photographs and intellectual properties like fictional characters.

UK registration

As Of the 27 may 2016 Dreamsight became a registered trademark within the United Kingdom. Being a registered trademark Dreamsight is protected under the trademark act 1944 which protects against anyone stealing the content you created or anyone using the same businesses name and logo to provide a similar service so they can leach off of and potentially ruin Dreamsights reputation.

Different product and services companies can provide are split into groups, these are called trademark classes and a trademark must register what service or product they will provide so there is no overlap with businesses of a similar name, for example class 1 trademarks the selling of chemical products to be used in industry, science or agriculture. Dreamsight has been registered with three trademark classes.

These are class 9 providing internet servers and software, class 38 internet provider services and servicing internet providers and class 42 website design services, software consulting and customisation, software design on behalf of others, software maintenance and software design, development and instillation.

US Registration

Dreamsight is also a registered trademark within the USA, with the registration date being the 27^th February 2018 receiving its trademark certificate the same day. The US use a different trademark class system than the international class system, using the US classes Dreamsight has be registered to class 100,101,102 to provide a service creating internet marketing for others, disseminating advertising on the internet and SEO search engine optimization for sales and class 100,101 for; providing online non-downloadable software, computer services, providing news relating to software and website design, software as a service (SAAS), computer programming, project management and software testing consulting service, software design and development for others, designing of a website, graphic design on a website.

The process is more complicated

There is a lot more involved in acquiring a trademark within the US than the UK. To get the US trademark process started you have to submit the application form with a payment fee but first you have to prepare it and fill it out. Making sure to keep monitoring the status of your application form after it has been submitted.

UPSTO will the review your application and if they for any reason to not register your trademark they will send you an office action letter which will explain their decision and highlight the improvements you need to make before reapplying, you have 6 months to reply to this letter because otherwise they will think that you Relinquish your trademark dreams. If everything checks out, your trademark will then be published into the UPSTO publication the official gazette while also notifying the applicant. This is done to see if anyone objects to your receiving that trade mark for any reason, usually they have 30 days to object unless the appeal to the trademark appeal board to receive extra time to prepare their argument against your trademark.

If all is good and no objections made UPSTO will register the trade mark sending out the trademark certificate after 60 days. After receiving the mark the applicant will submit some maintenance documents to ensure their mark stays live every 10 years.

When Registering for the UK trademark there was five steps involved; the application, examination, pre publication, application published and finally receiving the registration taking a total of three months. But for the US trademark required more forms to be completed and a US trademark attorney, the process lasting from when the application was filed in March 2016 and ending when the registration was completed in February 2018.

Written by Kieran Abbott (c) Dreamsight TM