Patent, Trademark, Copyright

[CNC Molds N Stuff]

For some reason people don't or refuse to understand these concepts.  There are different things.  You need to understand they are different things. 

Trademark: 

a device (such as a word) pointing distinctly to the origin or ownership of merchandise to which it is applied and legally reserved to the exclusive use of the owner as maker or seller

For example:  "CNC Molds N Stuff" is a trademark for molds made by my company "CNC Molds N Stuff." 

Copyright:   

the exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (such as a literary, musical, or artistic work)

If you produced original hand painted swimbaits your paint pattern might be protected by copyright as an original work of art.

Patent:

1: an official document conferring a right or privilege : LETTERS PATENT
2: a writing securing for a term of years the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention

Generally to protect a specific invented feature of an item.  For example many years ago (now expired) there was a patent on putting salt in soft plastic baits.  The patent was for putting salt in soft plastic baits.  One company tried to avoid the patent by using a different method than the inventor of the idea of putting salt in a soft plastic bait.  Ultimately several companies wound up paying royalties to the original inventor of the idea for many years.