I make cute pillows with unique sayings on them, how do I get them trademarked so know one will steal it?

[vemados]

Here lately I've been making cute pillows, and they've been doing really good! So good that I'm going to try and continue and hopefully make a business out of it.. what are the steps I need to take? Do I have to get a license or permit for selling them? Also, what about my little saying that's on them? Do I have to get that trademarked or something?

[cuartio52]

In the moment of creation you become the copyright owner which always is on you and cannot be sold or rented to others.
Although this protects people like Justin Bieber who erroneously thinks he can make SONY owner of his copyright which in real is the right of commercial exploitation, which can be sold and rented to anyone. This right is attached to the copyright. However it will not protect you. You should protect your creation as "industrial design or "protected design" which is a light version of a traditional patent. To be suitable for protection you must squeeze your mind to find any typical aspect which can be used to identify your product. Large industries take for example the text fonts and color of text of their logos (compare TEXACO, ESSO and SIEMENS). The presence of a typical identifying feature is all the patent office will ask for. There is no long validation process like in patents.. It is also much cheaper. So cheap hat I would go global from the beginning. All further points are on the WIPO homepage, the homepage of the World Intellectual Property Organization

[ruddy]

yes you get