You can't get a TM or a SM on the letter "A."
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You probably could before they erased the "E"...wasn't that the Ethan Allen symbol?
ReplyDeleteIt was meant in humor. However, there are laws against companies stating they have a TM or SM when they actually don't.
ReplyDeleteYou CAN trademark the graphical treatment of a letter when it is treated as a logo.
ReplyDeleteJust ask General Motors about the GMC badge, IBM, the Oakland Athletics, etc.
NOT a single letter!
ReplyDeleteWell IF you want to get technical, you can put a TM on just about anything. However, the TM Register, (which is the R with the circle around it) being used would make it completely illegal.
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, like I said, there are so many fonts out there, I doubt anyone would get a TM on a single letter. The TM was obviously left over from Ethan Allen and the humor of this whole thing is lost now anyway.