I've been reading about trademarks and as far as I can see it says anyone can put ™ after words to show that you are using them as a trademark. This is without having to register it anywhere. If you do want to register you can, then use the ® symbol, which gives you greater protection.
Bearing in mind that I am purely dabbling at the moment I don't want to pay out for trademark registration so am looking to use ™. For my designs I am going to be stamping my brand name on the shirt.
My question is, should I put ™ after the brand name logo?! I've been looking at other commercial tees and they don't seem to use either symbol, although the ones I've checked are registered trademarks. I don't want it to ruin the aesthetics but I don't want anyone copying either.
I know I can send myself the logo etc. via special delivery and not open it. Would this be the best thing to do at this early stage, and not worry too much about being copied?
Bearing in mind that I am purely dabbling at the moment I don't want to pay out for trademark registration so am looking to use ™. For my designs I am going to be stamping my brand name on the shirt.
My question is, should I put ™ after the brand name logo?! I've been looking at other commercial tees and they don't seem to use either symbol, although the ones I've checked are registered trademarks. I don't want it to ruin the aesthetics but I don't want anyone copying either.
I know I can send myself the logo etc. via special delivery and not open it. Would this be the best thing to do at this early stage, and not worry too much about being copied?