It costs about $300 to register a trademark, and it takes about 18 months for the process to complete. After you file, you get something that looks like this:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=od6v1s.4.1
You can place the little tm on anything you own. Once your trademark is registered, you can use the R with a circle around it. Even if you don't register your trademark, your work is always copyrighted, of course.
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=od6v1s.4.1
You can place the little tm on anything you own. Once your trademark is registered, you can use the R with a circle around it. Even if you don't register your trademark, your work is always copyrighted, of course.