TM on a trademark means that this part of the text or logo is a trademark, not the ordinary content of an advertisement. It has no legal significance. In the actual use process, it is marked as a trademark, and TM is the abbreviation of the English name of a trademark.
R circle on a trademark refers to a trademark that has been approved by the Trademark Office and is clearly protected by law and enjoys the exclusive right to use a trademark.
We have also encountered this phenomenon. When we apply for a famous trademark for our customers, we need to apply to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau. Our customers are restaurants. The original old version of the commodity classification table classified catering services into the 42nd category. After the implementation of the new law, the commodity classification table was changed, and catering services were classified into 43 categories, which were the same in law.
In addition, some services in the old version of the forty-second category are all subdivided into forty-second, forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-fifth categories, and it is clearly stipulated that the services in the above four categories should be cross-searched with the services in the original forty-second category. However, the head of the Trademark Section of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau that we went to handle said no, you can go to the Trademark Office to issue a certificate, but it is impossible for the Trademark Office to issue a certificate for matters expressly stipulated in this law. Later, we had no choice but to rely on public relations.
I'm not afraid of ignorance. I'm afraid that people without knowledge will pretend to be polite and act according to the rules.
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