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Intellectual Property
Copyrights
Copyright protection is given to any original work of authorship fixed
in any tangible medium of expression from which it can be perceived,
reproduced, or communicated.
Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United
States (title 17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship.”
This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.
Section 106 of the 1976 Copyright Act generally gives the owner of copyright
the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:
- “To reproduce the copyrighted work;
- To prepare derivative works;
- To distribute copies to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership,
or by rental, lease, or lending;
- To perform the copyrighted work publicly (in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes,
and motion pictures and other audiovisual works);
- To display the copyrighted work publicly; and
- In the case of sound recordings, to perform the work publicly by means
of a digital audio transmission.”
(Source: Circular 1, U.S. Copyright Office)
Trademarks
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol, design (including a logo, slogan,
sound, or motto), or any combination of these elements that is used
by a business to identify a source of a product and to distinguish it
from competing products.
A service mark is a word, phrase, symbol, or design that is used by
a business to identify a service, like the hosted services operated
by VeriSign, to distinguish the service offered by the competition;
in this way, service marks are analogous to a trademark. (For the purposes
of this discussion, unless distinctions are made, “trademarks” refers
to both trademarks and service marks).
Trade names are corporate or business names, and are not trademarks.
A trade name identifies the provider of the business or service rather
than the product itself. As a result the trade name does not designate
or distinguish goods. VeriSign is a trade name when it refers to the
company (i.e., VeriSign Corporation). When VeriSign is referred to as
a company, no trademark indicator is required.
For example: “VeriSign operates intelligent infrastructure services
that enable and protect billions of interactions every day across the
world’s voice and data networks.”
Some trade names, such as “VeriSign,” can also function as trademarks.
When the company name is used to identify the origin of a VeriSign product
or service, “VeriSign” functions as a trademark, and the ® symbol is
required, following the company name.
Example: VeriSign® Managed Security Services
• Examples
- Corporate name: “VeriSign, Inc., is a fast growing company.” Removing the mark would leave an incomplete sentence (“Is a fast growing company.”)
- Trade name: “VeriSign’s newest Web site designs are useful.”
- Trademark: “VeriSign® digital certificates have revolutionized the Internet.” Removing
the mark or replacing with “those” leaves a complete sentence (“Digital certificates have revolutionized the Internet,” or “Those
digital certificates have revolutionized the Internet.”).
Patents and Domain names
VeriSign owns several patents and domain names.
The absence of listing them all does not constitute a waiver of any
and all intellectual property rights that VeriSign, Inc. has established
in any of its products, services, programs, features, service marks,
service names, or logos.
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