A Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the country which the Copyright is registered to the authors of "original works of authorship" including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.

A Trademark is anything that is used, or intended to be used, to identify the goods of one manufacturer from the goods of others. It is a brand name. Trademarks are important business tools because they allow companies to establish their products reputation without having to worry that an inferior product will diminish their reputation or profit by deceiving the consumer. Trademarks includes words, names, symbols and logos. Anything that distinctly identifies your company can be a trademark, provided that it is for goods.

The Bahamas Business Centre, Ltd. has selected Universal Documents, Ltd. as their choice for registration of online trademarks and copyrights. Universal Documents, Ltd. understands that handling legal matters and/or attaining the services of an attorney can be strenuous, confusing and potentially expensive. They also understand that trying to comprehend the legal process on your own can be difficult, since most informative legal material is highly technical and prosy. With this is mind Universal Documents, Ltd., was founded in 1998 to help educate the general public, through more of a "layman’s" approach, on common legal procedures and on the fact that some legal procedures can be handled online without the need to hire an attorney. The documents utilized to fulfill the registration of your trademark or copyright have been developed by expert attorneys with experience at the most prestigious law firms in the country. Universal Documents, Ltd. has helped over 100,000 satisfied customers, and their know-how allows them to prepare legal documents quickly and efficiently. The documents contain advanced provisions that are not found in simple "do-it-yourself" kits or manuals. Thus is why Universal Documents, Ltd. is the #1 online legal document service provider. Universal Documents, Ltd. can save you up to 90% off the rates that an attorney would charge for the same procedure. The fees quoted by Universal Documents, Ltd. are "per project" and not "per hour", so you know exactly what the total fee will be for your project. The on-line service provides you with the information, documents and "hand holding" through the process, without the need to hire an attorney to just complete documents which are necessary to fulfill the registering of your trademark or copyright. But, if the need arises that you need a qualified trademark or copyright attorney to guide you through some special circumstance then Universal Documents, Ltd. have those attorneys available on demand.

Registration of online works is made available online and may contain a variety of different types of content, each of which may be protected under the United States Copyright Act. Web sites will often contain textual content, graphics, music, video, and sound, and databases, scripts, programs and forms integration. Most of these various aspects of a web site, if registered separately, would require use of different registration forms and content, each of these various aspects would also normally require different archives and procedures of obtaining a valid registration. This greatly complicates the process of registering online works. Additionally, many web sites are frequently updated. The content of web sites changes frequently. This is particularly the case with sites that contain news updates and other time sensitive information which may be updated daily or more frequently.

Another problem which currently exists when registering online works is that the copyright regulations have not yet caught up with the new technologies. This often leaves a copyright applicant without a great deal of guidance on the key issues relating to the application. The United States Copyright Office has issued some guidance on registering online works. However, the guidance that has been released by the United States Copyright Office generally does not answer the more difficult questions involved in copyrighting web sites that include a variety of different types of content.

The information that has been put out by the United States Copyright Office suggests that it is permissible to file a single registration covering the text, graphics, video, sounds and other material that comprise a web site. However, where music is on the web site which is not integrated with a series of images or a video clip, the musical aspects of the site will need to be separately registered to assure protection. Additionally, the United States Copyright Office has stated that computer programs, databases and works that are fixed on a CD ROM, must be separately registered as well.

When copyrighting a web site, special precaution must be taken to assure that all aspects of the web site are properly protected. Failure to properly register a component of the web site can lead to a loss of the benefits of United States copyright registration, including statutory damage and attorney fee awards that are made available as a result of a valid registration.

You should also carefully consider questions of authorship and ownership of the work. Web sites are a breeding ground for authorship problems, which if not properly considered and solved up front can haunt you down the road. Many web site projects require the efforts of a diverse range of participants. A high end web site may include input from the client, a web developer, a graphic artist, musician and music producers, video producer, programmers, database creators and others. All can potentially have claims of ownership or joint ownership to the web site or components of the web site depending on their involvement in the project and their relationship to the various parties involved in the process.

In order to register a valid copyright, you must either be the author if the work is defined under the copyright laws or you must have received an assignment from the author. All of the individuals listed can often claim that they are authors or joint authors of portions of the work. Where this is the case, assignments and acknowledgments must be obtained in advance to assure that you have complete unrestricted rights to the work.

At Universal Documents, Ltd., the information you provide is held in absolute privacy. In additional, Universal Documents, Ltd. pledge never to sell your name or personal information to any third party. In addition, they go that extra mile to make sure that their servers and connections incorporate the latest encryption and security devices available on the market.

The staff Bahamas Business Centre, Ltd., has worked with Universal Documents, Ltd. since 1999 and we can say that they strive to be the best document service provider on the web. You may contact Universal Documents, Ltd at info@universaldocuments.com or visit their website at www.universaldocuments.com. for more information. The staff at Universal Documents, Ltd can also be reached at 242-302-0343 or by fax at 242-302-0385.