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- Legal Updates
- Case Law
- Branding FAQs
- What is a trade mark?
- What trade marks can be registered?
- What legal rights does a registered trade mark give me?
- How long does a trade mark registration last?
- How can I get foreign trade mark protection?
- Does writing TM after my logo give me any protection?
- When can I use the registered trade mark symbol?
- My company is registered, do I need to register my trade mark?
- I have registered a domain do I still need to register a trade mark?
- Someone registered a domain using my trade mark, what can I do?
- Can I register a trade mark on a name used by someone else?
- Someone registered a trade mark that I have right to, what can I do?
- A competitor has infringed my trade mark registration: what should I do?
- A competitor is using my trade mark to attract visitors to their website: what can I do?
- I am making my business into a franchise operation: should I register my trade mark?
- Registering a name that someone else has rights to in a different industry
- Once I own a trade mark registration, do I have to use it?
Writing TM indicates to others that you consider the logo to be your trade mark, albeit that it is unregistered. Whilst in the UK unregistered trade marks are given limited protection under common law, this is no substitute for registering a trade mark. Furthermore, there is little protection in most other EU countries for unregistered trade marks.
