trademark symbols

Legal ownership marks

Trademark symbols are typographic marks indicating intellectual property status.

The trademark symbol (™) indicates a claimed but unregistered trademark.

The registered trademark symbol (®) indicates official registration with a trademark office.

The service mark symbol (℠) indicates an unregistered mark for services rather than goods.

These symbols typically appear as superscripts following brand names: Coca-Cola®, Band-Aid™.

Related

logos · logo design · TM · protections · intellectual property · emblems · exclusive rights · all rights reserved · counterfeit goods · knock off · cease and desist · passing off · anti-counterfeiting · ownerships · visual identity · brand protection · corporate branding · brands

Opposites
intellectual property type

trademark symbolscopyright symbols

Notation indicating protected authorship

patents · copyrights · trade secrets · design patents

ownership status

trademark symbolsfreeware

Complimentary computer programs

shareware

commercial vs. non-commercial marking

trademark symbolscopyleft

Mandatory openness inheritance clause

Creative Commons

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G