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Re: Service Marks
Peter Flynn wrote:
> Paul Rosenberg wrote:
> > In the United States, service marks can be registered at the Patent
> > and Trademark Office just like trademarks, and use the same symbol
> > -- the superscript R in a circle. Unregistered service marks use
> > the superscript SM symbol. I don't know if this is the case in
> > other countries, but suspect it is.
>
> Thanks...I suspect most other countries are lagging behind the
> USA in this one.
Yes, never heared about service marks in Germany. We mostly use (R)
because it indicates a protected trade mark. (TM) is very useless
because you gain no protection from it because you haven't protected it.
Best regards,
Martin Stricker
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