Trademark symbol
Typographical symbol (™)
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Trademark symbol
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In Unicode | U+2122 ™ TRADE MARK SIGN (HTML & trade; ) |
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Different from |
U+2120
℠
SERVICE MARK
U+00AE ® REGISTERED SIGN |
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U+1F16A
🅪
RAISED MC SIGN
U+1F12E 🄮 CIRCLED WZ U+24C2 Ⓜ CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M |
The trademark symbol ™ is a symbol to indicate that the preceding mark is a trademark , specifically an unregistered trademark . It complements the registered trademark symbol ® which is reserved for trademarks registered with an appropriate government agency. [1]
In Canada, an equivalent marque de commerce symbol, 🅪 (U+1F16A) is used in Quebec . [2] Canada also has an Official mark symbol, ⟨ Ⓜ ⟩ , to indicate that a name or design used by Canadian public authorities is protected. [3] Some German publications, especially dictionaries, also use a Warenzeichen grapheme, 🄮 (U+1F12E), which is informative and independent of the actual protection status of the name. [4]
Use
Use of the trademark symbol indicates an assertion that a word, image, or other sign is a trademark; it does not indicate registration or impart enhanced protections. Registered trademarks are indicated using the registered trademark symbol , ® , and in some jurisdictions it is unlawful or illegal to use the registered trademark symbol with a mark that has not been registered. [5]
The service mark symbol , ℠ , is used to indicate the assertion of a service mark (a trademark for the provision of services). The service mark symbol is less commonly used than the trademark sign, especially outside the United States.
Keyboard entry
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Windows
:
Alt
+
0
1
5
3
(on the numeric keypad)
- US international keyboard setting: Alt Gr + T
- macOS : ⌥ Opt + 2 (or ⌥ Opt + ⇧ Shift + 2 or ⌥ Opt + ⇧ Shift + D or ⌥ Opt + ⇧ Shift + T on certain layouts)
- Linux (and similar): Compose T M
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ChromeOS
(and Linux):
Ctrl
+
⇧ Shift
+
U
2
1
2
2
- UK Extended keyboard: AltGr + ⇧ Shift + 8 . (AltGr and *)
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HTML
:
™
or™
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LaTeX
:
\texttrademark
Non-standard substitutions
The letters ⟨ T ⟩ and ⟨ M ⟩ are sometimes seen paired in an attempt to emulate the trademark symbol. Methods include
- (TM) , the letters in normal form, enclosed in parentheses
- TM , the letters written in small caps , on the baseline
- TM , the letters written as superscripts , as in mathematical exponentiation
- ᵀᴹ , using symbols from the Phonetic Extensions block in Unicode
See also
References
- ↑ "Protecting Your Trademark" (PDF) . USPTO . United States Patent & Trademark Office. August 2019. p. 11 . Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
- ↑ Pentzlin, Karl (June 11, 2010). "Proposal to encode two Letterlike Symbols for Canadian legal use in the UCS" (PDF) . unicode.org . Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Pidowich, Mark (July 27, 2011). "Official marks — a uniquely Canadian concept" . Smart & Biggar . Retrieved December 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Pentzlin, Karl (February 27, 2009). "Proposal to encode a German trademark symbol in the UCS" (PDF) . unicode.org . Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
- ↑ "Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure, Sec. 906.02, Improper Use of Registration Symbol" . USPTO . United States Patent & Trademark Service . Retrieved October 9, 2019 .
- ↑ "Character entity references in HTML 4" . w3.org .
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