[holden]

One has to use it in business for a year using the TM symbol, which stakes a claim. If there are no other contenders in your market area using the trademark when you show your evidence of use to the Patent Trademark Office, they'll probably "salute" and allow you to become registered, which is when your real protection can begin.

HF

[cripplecreek]

It will be deemed offensive and you would be stripped of your rights. Just ask the Redskins.

[BenLurkin]

[CharlesOConnell]

I SO wish I’d had the presence of mind to video a kid walking down my street jerking his head to the side to look in the window of each car he passed. If it had been me, I’d’ve had a sorry neck by the time I got to the end of the block! TradeMark that image for Treyvon Martin.

[Dallas59]

Regardless of what the kid was...wouldn’t you have to consult the family before selling anything in there name?

[Kirkwood]

Put on the TM symbol and it is considered trademarked. If you want to actually register the trademark (circled R), it will cost you. Either way, you will need lawyers to defend it, if it is something that others can make money from by stealing it.

[Fear The People]

It’s easier to spend money on trademarks and copyrights than it is to make money from them. Unless your cartoon takes off and is really something new, don’t count your money yet.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk