Logo Protection

A logo is protected by copyright if – in short – it is original. This protection is created automatically and therefore no registration is required.

If someone else (largely) takes over the logo, there may be an infringement.

Whether your logo will be protected and whether it has been infringed is not an exact science. We, therefore, recommend that you have a specialist advise you about the protection and the infringement.

Note: sometimes it is very useful to register a wordmark in addition to a logo. Many logos do contain a word, but that word is only part of a larger whole (such as a picture). If the competitor has only taken over (and not the picture), this may mean that there has been no infringement. If you also register the word separately as a wordmark, that word is also separately protected and a dispute can be avoided.