psawya
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Location: Pyongtaek, Korea
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Trademarks protect the name or logo etc....
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| From the ipwatchdog.com website:
General speaking, trademarks perform four functions that are deserving of protection in the courts:
To identify one seller's goods and distinguish them from goods sold by others;
To signify that all goods bearing the trademark come from or are controlled by a single, albeit anonymous, source;
To signify that all goods bearing the trademark are of an equal level of quality; and
As a prime instrument in advertising and selling the goods.
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A patent provides protection for the goods themselves from being copied:
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| The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” the invention in the United States or “importing” the invention into the United States. What is granted is not the right to make, use, offer for sale, sell or import, but the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling or importing the invention.
United States patent laws are codified at Title 35 of the United States Code.
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