it takes two years for a trademark to submit an application for registration until a trademark registration certificate is issued.

in this process, trademark I * * * has two states:

1. TM

The use time is from receiving the Notice of Acceptance of Trademark Registration Application to issuing the Trademark Registration Certificate.

use the method and mark it in the upper right corner of the trademark.

meaning: the trademark being applied for.

2. circled R

The use time starts from the issuance of the Trademark Registration Certificate.

use the method and mark it in the upper right corner of the trademark.

meaning: a registered trademark protected by the trademark law.