A trademark is a unique visual symbol which is used by an establishment to distinguish itself from the others of the scenario. A Trade mark can be a word, name, device, slogan, photograph, graphic, label, numerals, colour combination, sound or even smell used by a business to distinguish or differentiate its goods or services from those of others which are originating from a different business.
A registered trademark is intellectual property owned by a business entity. A registered Trademark is used by a business to protect the company’s investment in the brand or symbol. Owners of trademarks have exclusive rights to categorise their company and use under the categories they are registered in (there are a total of 45 categories, called and they are named as classes).