How do you trademark a word that you made up?

The requirements to register a trademark are:

That the mark be used to describe a service, product, business. That it be used as a brand.

That the item being named by the trademark is in business or currently available to purchase. That is, that it is currently used “in trade”.

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That your application describe the product or business sufficiently that the trademark office can assign it to a specific class of business (e.g. apparel). Trademarks only limit use by other businesses within that class of business. Apple Plumbing does not have to worry about being sued by Apple, who are in the class of electronic goods and computer software (among others).

I suspect what you are really trying to do is prevent anyone else from using this word that you made up. A word that has a specific definition in English and an intended use when communicating.

Trademark (and copyright, for that matter) are not at all interested in limiting the ability of people to communicate. Words, names, punctuation, symbols/letters/numbers are all without protection, free for anyone to use in normal communication. The trademark of “Apple” clearly doesn’t prohibit me from discussing the fruit that makes a delicious pie or strudel. It only prohibits me from using it to describe my own product or business which competes with Apple’s existing products or business.

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What is the difference between trademark (TM) and registered(R) in the logo of a company?

TM (Trademark)

Trademark is a sign that help distinguish the goods or services of one enterprise from those of others. Together with industrial design and patent, trademark of goods and services plays an extremely important role for the growth of the enterprise. Trademark establishes a link between enterprise and customer.  A strong trademark will attract customers to use goods or services.

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Trademarks are for words, symbols, devices or names that are used to distinguish the goods of one manufacturer or seller from that of another. Any distinctive name, symbol, or word is designated as trademarked with the symbol "TM". If a company has trademarks that are not officially registered, it can use the letters "TM" to show that it claims ownership of the mark. A company must continue using the "TM" symbol until the trademark office actually registers a mark. A company cannot use the R circle symbol while a trademark registration application is still pending.

R(Registered Trademark)

A company can only use the circled R symbol in conjunction with its products and brands if it has officially registered a trademark with the trademark office. A company can continue simply using the "TM" symbol in conjunction with its brands instead of officially registering a trademark and using the R circle symbol, but trademark registration carries certain legal benefits. Trademark registration includes public notice of the owner's claim to the mark, a legal presumption that the party that registered the mark owns it and has the exclusive right to use the mark.

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