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You've worked hard to create it. Now copyright it.
Turn Trademark Engine into your Copyright Engine and protect your story, song, movie, picture, art or other work. Starting at $99 + filing fees.
- 120,000+ of copyrights filed with the U.S. Copyright Office
- 35,000+ five-star reviews
- Attorney support if you need it
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A copyright registration solution just for you
Confidently file your copyright application with packages as unique as your work.
Basic
Just the basics to file with the U.S. Copyright Office
Professional preparation: We
review your federal copyright application for accuracy, completeness and common
mistakes.- Federal E-Filing:
Electronic filing of your application with the U.S Copyright Office with no need to
wait for mail or dealing with paper files.
- Certificate of Registration:
Your official Copyright Registration will be mailed to you directly from the
U.S. Copyright Office.
premium
The right package when you want comprehensive protection with confidence and speed
- INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM THE BASIC PACKAGE
PLUS
- Cease & Desist
Letter: A customer-specific form you can further customize if someone
is infringing on your copyright.
- Transfer/Assignment: Custom assignment
template. If you need to sell or otherwise convey your copyright, you have
access to your pre-filled in template that you can further customize.
- 24-hour
Expedited Processing: Instead of the standard 5 business days for
your copyright application.
Trusted Copyright Registration
U.S. Copyright Office compliant • Tech-Forward • Human-Supported
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I have been going through the Trademark process for a couple of years now, starting with an attorney who laughed at my trademark idea, and clearly thought it was dumb. The second attorney I presented my idea to was more positive; but quit his job 1/2 way through my application. Neither communicated much about the process. I pivoted over to Trademark Engine at that point, and this is where ELLA helped my idea to fruition. The service I received from ELLA and a couple other representatives, far exceeded the two attorneys that came before. My trademark was approved then rather quickly, even before I was ready; and once again Trademark Engine and ELLA assisted with the extensions I needed. ELLA provided great customer service and calm, knowledgeable direction throughout the process. I'm a very satisfied customer, and will recommend them every chance I get!
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I had an excellent experience working with the support agent (Ben Jaro) at Trademark Engine. He assisted me with my Statement of Use, and he made it a clear, and manageable process. Ben was very patient, knowledgeable, and very responsive. He took the time to explain what was needed, reviewed my materials carefully, and helped ensure my specimen files were properly uploaded and aligned with the requirements. Their guidance gave me confidence that everything was submitted correctly. I truly appreciate the support and would gladly work with them again. Great service and a big help during an important step in my trademark process.
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Rosa, with Trademark Engine, was fabulous in assisting me with a very complex issue with my Trademark application. She was thorough and clear on the steps I needed to take and gave me great confidence and peace of mind. Thank you Rosa, you are the best!
Gretal did an Amaaazing job of walking us through the Intake process! We are more informed and Eagerly await the next steps! She was very patient, very articulate, Calm and Clear!
Grethel was kind and understood our concern. She is a great help, which makes me trust the Trademark Engine brand. Even though we don't need the subscription now, when the need comes, we will be back with the Trademark Engine.
Kyra was knowledgeable and very courteous. She took my corrections and told me a new application would be sent out to me in another email for me to look over and sign if everything is correct. Thank you.
Very helpful. Listened to questions and provided clear feedback and instructions: 1. easy cancellation to subscriptions no longer needed at this time 2. guidance with navigating the dashboard online account and order details 3. supportive in the process of USPTO filing and request for signature page (trademark ownership transfer) 4. assisted overall comprehension of where my trademark registration is at currently
Rosa from the customer support team was extremely polite and helpful. She guided me through all the steps I could take to solve my issue and effectively solved all of my questions. Great customer support team!
The attorney was excellent to work with. I highly recommed using Mr, Jack Newell since he listens and otains all of the infomration that he needs to support your trademark moving forward.
How Copyright Engine works
Get your copyright registered in just 3 easy steps using our simple online questionnaire.
Complete our simple questionnaire to begin the copyright registration process. Most people finish in as little as 7 minutes.
We create the official copyright application for you and send it to you online for your review and approval.
When you upload or send us your work, we will file your copyright application with the U.S. Copyright Office.
Federal Copyright Registration FAQs
Learn why you should get a copyright and what it protects. Still have questions? Call (000) 000-0000 for real-time support.
Get StartedUsually, determining whether something can be copyrighted is easy. Books, movies, and songs are copyrightable. Artistic drawings, paintings and photographs are also copyrightable. When you start moving towards more technical works and drawings, it can become a little trickier. Generally speaking, drawings, photographs, and other two-dimensional and three-dimensional expressions that visually depict three-dimensional objects are copyrightable. At the Trademark Engine, we can help you copyright your:
- • Written work such as fiction, nonfiction, poetry, textbooks, reference works or articles
- • Directories or catalogs, advertising copy
- • Computer programs
- • Website or online materials
- • Photograph
- • Art Work
- • Maps
- • Technical Drawings
- • Recorded performance of music or sound
- • Written music & Lyrics, Screenplay or script
- • A Choreographic work
- • A recorded score for a movie or play
- • Feature film, documentary film, animated film, television show, video, or other Audio-Visual Work
The law in the United States provides that you are granted a copyright in your work the minute you create it regardless of whether you register your work. Assuming your work is original and has a basic amount of creativity, you may claim ownership and protection. The problem is without registering, you have an incomplete form of protection in that you cannot enforce your rights in a court of law in America.
A trademark generally protects a word, phrase, symbol and/or design that distinguishes the source of the goods -- what we think of as brand name and brand recognition. A patent generally protects an invention, including the functionality or design, or in other words, “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.” 35 U.S.C. § 101. Copyrights, meanwhile, generally protect artistic works such as books, photographs, arts, movies and music.
While you do not have to register your work in order to receive copyright protection, registration will guarantee you several additional protections including:
- • The ability to file a lawsuit: If your work is not registered with the copyright office, you cannot file suit for copyright infringement.
- • Statutory damages: If not timely filed, you cannot sue for statutory damages. You would therefore have to prove that someones copying of your work caused you actual damages that you can calculate and tie to the infringement of the other person. (more on this below)
- • Protection from imported infringing copies: Registration also allows you to record the registration with the U.S. Customs Service for protection against the importation of infringing copies.
- • Firm claim of ownership: Registration makes it more difficult for infringers to argue that they were unaware of their infringement as it acts as a notice to everyone that you own the copyright.
- • Image of Establishment: In some industries (such as film scripts), registration of copyright is a prerequisite to get some people (like agents) to take you seriously.
There are a number of different categories (also known as an International Classes) that can be used to identify particular goods or services. The USPTO has developed a pre-determined list of trademark categories from which to choose. It may be helpful to register a mark within multiple classes (for example a company that operates a restaurant chain (Class 043) and sells items in grocery stores using the restaurants name (Class 030)). Bear in mind that there is a USPTO filing fee for each selected category. Check out WIPOs Nice Classifications to see broader descriptions of each available category.
Before picking a category, it may be helpful to decide if you are selling a good or a service. Goods are generally physical items like nuts, bolts, beer and t-shirts. Services generally focus on particular activities such as legal, consulting or accounting services. In some circumstances, it may be helpful to register under multiple classes.
The selection is important because a registered trademark generally protects only the category listed in the application. Broader categories may provide more protection, but if the category does not accurately fit the applied for good or service, the registration could be invalidated. Also, changing the class designation can be difficult and require an additional filing fee.
Bear in mind that a company name and particular product names may each be trademarked separately and may each involve different categories. Each registration would require the payment of additional fees to the USPTO.
Tips for Picking the Right category
- • Determine whether you are selling a good or service.
- • Try to be as accurate as possible because filing in the wrong class can be the basis of a rejection by the USPTO.
- • Pick the most accurate category from the USPTO list. These are all included on the drop-down menu on the Trademark Engine website.
- • Focus on the finished product to the consumer and not on the ingredients that go into the goods or service.
- • Focus on what is actually sold to consumers and not extra things like the fact that employees may have shirts or hats with the company logo.
- • Dont think about the packaging. A fruit seller probably does not sell paper goods just because its logo appears on the packaging that comes with the fruit.
- • Although more expensive, some companies file under more than one category when they sell multiple products.
In most cases, a copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years. If the author of the work died in 2070, then the copyright, in most situations, would last until 2140. For works made for hire, and for anonymous and pseudonymous works, the duration of copyright is 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation (whichever is shorter).