copyright trademark copyright-notice
Can I use the copyright symbol and rights statement if I haven&#39;t registered the copyright?
<p>Am I legally allowed to put the</p>

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  <p>(C) Copyright, all rights reserved</p>
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<p>text at the bottom of my website, if I have a logo that I own but have not registered the copyright or trademark in the logo in any way?</p>

<h1>Copyrights</h1>
<p>You may use the circle c mark (c) normally with a year, the name of the author of the work and possibly the words &quot;all right reserved&quot; without any legal permission.</p>
<p>This gives you  more rights legally than you would have from the copyright rights that arise automatically upon the creation of the work.</p>
<p>Registering the copyright with the copyright registrar simply gives you additional litigation rights and must be done before you file a lawsuit to enforce a copyright.</p>
<p>&quot;All rights reserved&quot; means you aren't granting a license to people who see the website to republish it or use it themselves.</p>
<p>&quot;All rights received&quot; would mean that you are using someone else's copyright with their permission, but would more commonly be expressed &quot;used with permission of [name of copyright owner].&quot;</p>
<h1>Trademarks</h1>
<p>A trademark arises from use in commerce that causes people to associate your mark with your goods and services. You may use the superscript letters TM to claim a common right trademark in a trademarkable item such as a logo or slogan by affixing it to the claimed mark. This is a basis to sue for trademark infringement but requires proof of many elements that can be dispensed with when the Patent and Trademark Office includes a trademark in its principal register following a formal application to them.</p>
<h1>What you can't do.</h1>
<p>You may not say &quot;patent pending&quot; if you have not applied for a patent, may not claim that something is &quot;patented&quot; when a patent has not been approved, and may not use the circle R mark (R) if your claimed trademark has not been including in the principle register of the Patent and Trademark Office.</p>
<p>(This answer is based on U.S. law, but copyright and trademark laws are quite similar on these points internationally.)</p>
