My company bought a vector from Shutterstock and wants to trademark it by adding some words with different colors.
Do you know anything about if this is legal since we purchase the vector art?
Answer
Perhaps you failed to notice "Copyright: PureSolution" on the Shutterstock page.
In 99% of all cases you can not trademark or copyright royalty free artwork.
What you "purchased" was the right to use the artwork in a limited fashion not ownership of the image. You should read the agreement for any stock image service you are using. Reading the Shutterstock agreement (http://www.shutterstock.com/licensing.mhtml) would inform you that you do not own the image or have any legal claim to said image.
So, short answer, No, you can not trademark or copyright an image from a stock image service.
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