Use of the TM ® and SM Symbols
Use of the TM ® and SM Symbols
The elements TM, SM and ® mainly relate to US requirements and are therefore not required in the European Union: there is no legal basis which makes such use compulsory. However, the owner of the trademark may freely choose to use them.
According to US Law, anyone claiming rights in a mark may use the TM or SM symbols, even prior to registration. The ® symbol may only be used after the mark is registered.
We accordingly recommend using the TM or SM symbols as long as your trademark has not been registered, if you decide to use a symbol.



Eurimark is helping us for fast trademark registration; we benefit from a 24/7 service to answer our clients' most urgent requests. We appreciate the number of countries covered by the system that allows us to centralize for a single project all the registrations with only one contact.
Eurimark est le système le plus intelligent pour effectuer une recherche globale concernant la protection d'un nom de marque en Europe.


