You can use the trademark ™ symbol on any unique name or logo you created and use. It does not require special registration yet still signifies your ownership. The Registered symbol ® is similar to the trademark symbol but it requires registration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or PTO). The copyright symbol © is similar to the trademark symbol and does not require registration (though it is recommended), however it is for use on intellectual property as opposed to brand names.
In order to use the trademark symbol, you need to have registered the design with the trademark office. When you license your image for use by the band, you can specify, for example, how large the trademark symbol must appear, etc.
Facebook is a registered trademark, which earns it the right to use the ® symbol.
Trademarks are a bit misunderstood. Trademarks are adjectives and not nouns, so when you refer to a company by its name, you do not need to use the trademark symbol. For example, Answers Corporation is the name of the company that runs this site. If you refer to Answers Corporation in an article, you should not use the trademark symbol. However if you say something like, "The Answers.com(SM) website is . . . ", then you should use the trademark symbol. It is often customary to use a trademark symbol in the title of an article (if applicable) and then the first time that the trademark appears in the article. It is generally accepted that you do not need to use the symbol each time the trademark appears. Michelle_Esq IP attorney with 15 years experience
The Unicode for the Trademark Symbol is a symbol used to make the assumption that the previous mark is a trademark (a trademark is a recognizable sign of a particular company).
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It's not required to use the trademark or registered trademark symbols, and some designers feel it clutters the look of the packaging.
The (R) symbol is used to indicate that the preceding word or phrase is a trademark or service mark that has been registered with the trademark office.
The little TM symbol in a circle represents a trademark. It indicates that the word, phrase, logo, or symbol that it is associated with has been registered as a trademark to protect it from unauthorized use. It signifies ownership and asserts the rights of the trademark owner.
We use symbols in excel when we need to add a symbol of copyright, trademark symbols, and Unicode symbols etc.
What you are describing is a trademark. A trademark can be a word, phrase, symbol, logo, design or image. Companies do not buy the trademark but register it so no one else can use it without their permission.
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No. Actually, the superscript TM is for designating trademarks in the US that have not yet been registered with the USPTO. If/when you get the trademark registered with the USPTO, you would use the ® instead.