The States Patent and Trademark Office registers what is called trademark. The term trademark actually means an image, device, or a word which identifies itself with a product made by a certain company. Each company has a unique trademark.

Using copyright means protecting your business and products from any frauds. All forms of inventions are protected through this system: literature, visual arts, devices, etc as long as they are palpable. Websites, music, graphics are also protected, giving the owner exclusive rights in copying, distributing and sell it without any restrictions.

Patents are a part of what we call intellectual property and it is protected through the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent, as the copyright makes sure that your invention will not be used by anyone else. The law that protects your patent is the Patent Act, 35 U.S.C. which, by using jargons, clarifies any misinterpretations.

Laws of physics or other forms of nature laws, like mathematic, botanic or zoology cannot be patented. For example, Einstein couldn't have patented the e=mc2 equation since it is a nature law and free for everyone to use. Arts, like music, writing, or literature, can be patented in order to obtain protection from stealing- these belong to the creative area and the patent laws apply different in this field. Unpractical or offensive inventions cannot be patented.

The purpose of the patent law is giving the inventors full rights on what they invent. This also ensures protection from any form of fraud that may come later. You can find this law in the U.S. Constitution, Clause 8 of Section 8 of Article I, It also gives monopoly rights to the inventors so they can sell or distribute their idea however they wish.

Any invention has the right to be displayed to public; however, it will not be copied or distributed without the owner's permission. If you want to patent an invention, you have to make sure before applying, that you have a well described usage and it fits the standard criteria.

Although they contain nature laws, like mathematical algorithms, software programs can be patented as long as they are original. In 1981, the Supreme Court declared patent protection for software and software related, only if they use certain nature laws to create something original.

Only unique ideas or new useful inventions can obtain protection. Unless the invention is easily applicable and has a well served purpose, it will not fit the requirements in order to be protected. Also, inventions that are too obvious will have the same fate. Inventions which were sold before being registered will not qualify, when trying to obtain copyright. People who invent the same thing in different parts of the world cannot obtain protection rights easily.

The patent claims are described as follows: a preamble (an introduction part), the steps for its implementation, and the main part which refers to its rights of not being copied, distributed, or sold by anyone except the owner.