Copyright & Trademark Symbols
Click any symbol to copy it. 7 characters, each labelled with its Unicode code point.
Three of these are the standard legal notice symbols with well-defined conventional meanings. The circled letters at the end are not equivalents, and substituting them is a genuine mistake. This collection holds 7 copyright & trademark symbols drawn from 3 Unicode blocks — mainly Letterlike Symbols, Latin-1 Supplement and Enclosed Alphanumerics. Code points run from U+00A9 to U+24D2. All of them sit in the Basic Multilingual Plane, which means broad font support and very few encoding surprises.
The standard three
© (U+00A9) is the copyright sign, ® (U+00AE) the registered trademark sign, and ™ (U+2122) the unregistered trademark sign. ℠ (U+2120) is the service mark and ℗ (U+2117) the sound recording copyright.
ⓒ is not ©
ⓒ (U+24D2) is CIRCLED LATIN SMALL LETTER C from Enclosed Alphanumerics — a decorative circled letter, encoded alongside ⓐ ⓑ ⓓ and the rest of the alphabet. It has no legal standing and no relationship to the copyright sign beyond looking similar.
Registered versus unregistered
® should only accompany a mark actually registered in the relevant jurisdiction. ™ is used for unregistered claims. Misusing ® is a legal matter, not a typographic one.
Unicode blocks in this collection
| Unicode block | Characters | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Letterlike Symbols | 3 | 43% |
| Latin-1 Supplement | 2 | 29% |
| Enclosed Alphanumerics | 2 | 29% |
Sample characters and their code points
©
®
™
℠
℗
ⓒ
Frequently asked questions
Is ⓒ an acceptable substitute for ©?
No. ⓒ is a circled letter c from a decorative range and carries none of the conventional meaning of the copyright sign. Use © (U+00A9), which every system supports.