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The '''registered trademark symbol''', '''{{char|®}}''', is a [[typographic symbol]] that provides notice that the preceding word or symbol is a [[trademark]] or [[service mark]] that has been registered with a national trademark office. A trademark is a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.<ref name=ukipo>For example, {{cite web| url= https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office | title= Intellectual property office | publisher = [[Government of the United Kingdom]] | access-date= 5 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sec 29">{{cite web|title=15 U.S.C. 1111|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1111|access-date=15 December 2005}}</ref>
The '''registered trademark symbol''', '''{{char|®}}''', is a [[typographic symbol]] that provides notice that the preceding word or symbol is a [[trademark]] or [[service mark]] that has been registered with a national trademark office. A trademark is a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company, product or service.<ref name=ukipo>For example, {{cite web| url= https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office | title= Intellectual property office | publisher = [[Government of the United Kingdom]] | access-date= 5 June 2020}}</ref><ref name="Sec 29">{{cite web|title=15 U.S.C. 1111|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1111|access-date=15 December 2005}}</ref>


Unregistered trademarks can instead be marked with the [[trademark symbol]], {{char|™}}, while unregistered service marks are marked with the [[service mark symbol]], {{char|℠}}. The proper manner to display these symbols is immediately following the mark; the symbol is commonly in [[superscript]] style, but that is not legally required. In many jurisdictions, only registered trademarks confer easily defended legal rights.<ref>for example {{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/how-to-register-a-trade-mark/unregistered-trade-marks | title= Unregistered trade marks | publisher = [[Government of the United Kingdom]] | access-date= 5 June 2020}}</ref>
Unregistered trademarks can instead be marked with the [[trademark symbol]], {{char|™}}, while unregistered service marks are marked with the [[service mark symbol]], {{char|℠}}. The proper manner to display these symbols is immediately following the mark; the symbol is commonly in [[superscript]] style, but that is not legally required. In many jurisdictions, only registered trademarks confer easily defended legal rights.<ref>for example {{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/how-to-register-a-trade-mark/unregistered-trade-marks | title= Unregistered trade marks | publisher = [[Government of the United Kingdom]] | access-date= 5 June 2020}}</ref>

Revision as of 17:27, 27 August 2022

"Registered trademark" redirects here. For the topic of service marques registered legally, see Trademark.
Not to be confused with the character Ⓡ (see Enclosed Alphanumerics) or ™ (the Trademark symbol) or © (the Copyright symbol) or ℠ (the Service mark symbol).
For other uses, see Trademark (disambiguation).
®
Registered trademark symbol
In UnicodeU+00AE ® REGISTERED SIGN (&reg;, &REG;, &circledR;)
Different from
Different fromU+24C7 Ⓡ CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
Related
See alsoU+2122 ™ TRADE MARK SIGN
U+2120 ℠ SERVICE MARK

The registered trademark symbol, ®, is a typographic symbol that provides notice that the preceding word or symbol is a trademark or service mark that has been registered with a national trademark office. A trademark is a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company, product or service.[1][2]

Unregistered trademarks can instead be marked with the trademark symbol, ™, while unregistered service marks are marked with the service mark symbol, ℠. The proper manner to display these symbols is immediately following the mark; the symbol is commonly in superscript style, but that is not legally required. In many jurisdictions, only registered trademarks confer easily defended legal rights.[3]

In the US, the registered trademark symbol was originally introduced in the Trademark Act of 1946.[4]

Because the ® symbol is not commonly available on typewriters (or ASCII), it was common to approximate it with the characters (R) (or (r)).[a][b] An example of a legal equivalent is the phrase Registered, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which may be abbreviated to Reg U.S. Pat & TM Off.[6] in the US.[2]

Computer usage

The registered trademark character was added to several extended ASCII character sets, including ISO-8859-1 from which it was inherited by Unicode as U+00AE ® REGISTERED SIGN.[7] This is a different character from U+24C7 Ⓡ CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R as many fonts draw the registered trademark symbol smaller and possibly superscripted.

Typing the character

  • Canadian Multilingual Standard (CSA keyboard): Right Ctrl+⇧ Shift+R
  • US international keyboard and UK extended keyboard layouts: AltGr+⇧ Shift+R (subject to OS support).
  • Microsoft Windows: Alt+0174 (on numeric keypad)
  • Mac OS: ⌥ Option+R
  • Linux: ComposeOR
  • Linux and Chrome OS: Ctrl+⇧ Shift+U then AEspace
  • HTML: &reg; or &#174;
  • Emacs: C-x8R
  • LaTeX: \textregistered in text mode. \circledR in text or math mode (requires amsfonts package)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ for example the Python programming language Trademark Usage Policy advocates this usage.[5]
  2. ^ Most word processors will autocorrect these two sequences to a proper ® symbol.

References

  1. ^ For example, "Intellectual property office". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "15 U.S.C. 1111". Retrieved 15 December 2005.
  3. ^ for example "Unregistered trade marks". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  4. ^ The Online Etymology Dictionary
  5. ^ "PSF Trademark Usage Policy". The first or most prominent mention of a Python trademark should be immediately followed by a symbol for registered trademark: "®" or "(r)".
  6. ^ Gregory H. Guillot. A Guide to Proper Trademark Use. 1995–2007. http://www.ggmark.com/guide.html
  7. ^ "C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement | Range: 0080–00FF" (PDF). Unicode Consortium. 2016.
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