What is next after trademark application? How to use trademark symbols in India?
After much contemplation, you now have successfully filed your trademark application and next what? Okay, it is time to show-off or cause notice to the public regarding the usage of that trademark. Let us see how and why we should do so. Why and how to use trade mark symbols? The symbols ®, TM and SM provide notice to the world that you are claiming trademark rights in any mark using these symbols. You may use the TM on marks identifying goods, and the SM on marks identifying services as soon as you have filed the application and allotted with an unique TM application number. You need not have a registration to use the TM or SM symbols. However, the...