I work for a nonprofit organization and we deal with conflict resolution. We have several programs put together. 1)A program for dealing with family for convicted felons. 2)A conflict intervention program. 3)A program that deals with how your brain works. 4)A program that deals with school age children with several componets- 4a)Conflict resolution software, 4b)program for academic achievement, 4c)program for what goes on in the classroom, 4d) we created two characters to help the children learn about conflict, 4e) a planet where the characters are from, and 5) an idea about a reality TV show. Of all these ideas which should be copyrighted and which will I need trademarks for, or do I need both or what?
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It all depends on what your are trying to do. Check this legal resource for more help
For most of those, I believe you want patent law information. Copyright "protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. A trademark protects words, phrases, symbols, or designs identifying the source of the goods or services of one party and distinguishing them from those of others." A patent, on the other hand, "protects inventions or discoveries. Ideas and discoveries are not protected by the copyright law, although the way in which they are expressed may be."
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