Trademarks include which of the following?

• A. Patented machinery.
• B. Copywritten scripts.
• C. Slogans, words, colours or logos.
• D. Unregistered design features.

Answer: (C)

Trademarks are legal tools that protect signs which identify the source of goods or services. They cover branding elements that help customers recognize a brand, such as slogans, words, colours, or logos. This is about protecting how a brand is identified in the marketplace, not the invention itself or the written content you might produce. Patents protect inventions like machinery, not branding. Copyright protects original writing or scripts, not the brand marks used to identify a product. Unregistered design rights cover the appearance of a product, not the branding elements. A familiar example is the Nike swoosh or Coca-Cola script, which signal the brand to consumers and are protected as trademarks.