Is it legal to place the ® symbol after the name of my game even though I'm still in the process of getting it protected? I'm printing three boxes (one for my kickstarter campaign and I want to make sure I won't get in trouble if I do. Anybody have any experience with this step of the process?
Trademarking
Sun, 07/28/2019 - 13:49
Sun, 07/28/2019 - 19:10
#1
From my understanding
Nothing in Kickstarter is set in stone. Everything is a "preview" of "what could-be". Art may not be 100%, box may not be 100%, logo may not be 100%... It's just a "fictitious" presentation. So from a KS perspective you don't need to worry.
What you do need to worry about is PRINTING boxes with a ® when the registration fails. In that case you may use the ™ instead.
But be certain before going to manufacturing which of the symbols you may use. That is if you application to "register" your trademark was accepted or not.
Regards.
Mon, 07/29/2019 - 09:22
#2
First Timer wrote:Is it legal
Is it legal to place the ® symbol after the name of my game even though I'm still in the process of getting it protected?
No.
You need the TM symbol. (R) is for a registered trademark, for which you need a completed registration. Sounds like you're doing that, so you can change it to (R) later when/if you get approval.
I'm rusty on trademark stuff, but I thought you couldn't get the (R) until your symbol was actually used in trade. Pick up a package of some brand new food item from a major manufacturer, and it'll show a TM.
