Editing Logo (section)

==Design protection==
Logos and their design may be protected by copyright, via various [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]] organisations worldwide which make available application procedures to register a design to give it protection at law. For example, in the UK, the [[Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Intellectual Property Office (United Kingdom)|url=http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm.htm|publisher=UK Patent Office|access-date=2013-01-05|archive-date=2013-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114043037/http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> govern registered designs, patents, and trademarks. Ordinarily, the trademark registration will not 'make claim' to colors used, meaning it is the visual design that will be protected, even if it is reproduced in a variety of other colors or backgrounds.

In some countries, especially civil law countries, the [[threshold of originality]] required for copyright protection can be quite high, so a logo that contains simple geometric shapes or text might not be eligible for copyright protection although it can be protected as a trademark.