Do you know that it is an offence to falsely indicate a trademark as being registered when it is not? But how do you know whether a trademark is registered? Well, you can do a trademark search at your local trademark office or sometimes you see the symbol "TM" or ® . Do you know what they mean though?
The symbol ® is used when the mark is already validly registered and active, whereas the symbol of TM denotes that the given mark is a trademark but not yet a registered trademark. As was mentioned in our previous blog post, trademark registration goes through numerous process such as application and opposition stage before it proceed to being registered.
The symbol ® is used when the mark is already validly registered and active, whereas the symbol of TM denotes that the given mark is a trademark but not yet a registered trademark. As was mentioned in our previous blog post, trademark registration goes through numerous process such as application and opposition stage before it proceed to being registered.
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