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[Jp]

I am working on a Web site advertisement animation, . . and the thought of

protecting a recent creation occurred to me,  . . .

so since this is going to be the legal science of the future, . . I'm thinking you will

relish this topic.

Is it patentable ? (Design or Otherwise)

http://i31.tinypic.com/24w95lg.gif

[JimIvey]

Your best bets are copyright and trade marks.

Regards.

[Jp]

Thanks Jim,

I have not visited the Copyright site for years, I'll look into it, and suppose I will

find electronic this and that, or video something or other.

[Jp]

Hey ! Just in case, why not be prepared ?

Invention Claim and Disclosure for the Invention Entitled;
Advertisement Logo Technique
Invention Conceived by J.P., 071910
Copyrights All Rights Reserved

What I claim as my invention is a motion graphic, or slide show, i.e., an animation.

The animation is comprised of a, (graphic, drawing) bouncing ball, that bounces

near an internet dot-com name, whereby the ball bounces into the wording
to form the placement of the dot in dot-com.

The process has multi-versatile capabilities, to be the subject of advertisement
objects to appear round and to form the dot, for example a basketball,
a smiley face, a tomato, a water drop, a pumpkin, the moon, sun, the earth, and so on.

http://i31.tinypic.com/24w95lg.gif

[Jp]

Hey ! Just in case, why not be prepared ?

Invention Claim and Disclosure for the Invention Entitled;
Advertisement Logo Technique
Invention Conceived by J.P., 071910
Copyrights All Rights Reserved

What I claim as my invention is a motion graphic, or slide show, i.e., an animation.

The animation is comprised of a, (graphic, drawing) bouncing ball, that bounces

near an internet dot-com name, whereby the ball bounces into the wording
to form the placement of the dot in dot-com.

The process has multi-versatile capabilities, to be the subject of advertisement
objects to appear round and to form the dot, for example a basketball,
a smiley face, a tomato, a water drop, a pumpkin, the moon, sun, the earth, and so on.

http://i31.tinypic.com/24w95lg.gif

Other examples of, "DOT", formation, includes, animations, for example,
a swimmer making a dive into the words to form the dot, an animals etc.
to form dots in the, "Domain Name".

[JimIvey]

Copyrights All Rights Reserved

That's the only part of the post that might have legal consequence.

Well, to the extent others might try to patent something similar, you might have just made a defensive publication.  While it can work against your competitors, it can also work against yourself in some circumstances.

For trademark protection, you have to actually use the graphic as a logo on or in connection with good or services offered for sale (with the small "TM" in the logo) -- or file an intent-to-use application with the Trademark Office.  Anything less than that doesn't go toward creating trademark rights, as far as I know.

Regards.