Add a Registered Sign & Other Trademark Symbols in HTML

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Learn how to insert a registration sign and other symbols into your HTML code

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

Last Updated: May 15, 2025 Fact Checked

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Want to add a registered trademark symbol ® to your website? It's easy—just enter the HTML code ®. Once you publish the page, the code will turn into the ® "r" in a circle. This article will teach you how to add a registered symbol in HTML, add trademark ™ and copyright © signs, and show you when to use each.

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To add a registered symbol ®, type ®
To add a trademark symbol ™, type ™
To add a copyright sign ©, type ©

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Adding a Registered Symbol in HTML

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Type or paste ® to add a registered symbol in HTML. Alternatively, you can use ® to add a registered symbol in HTML. Both codes display the same ® symbol on your website.
- Use the registered symbol on your website to inform visitors that the preceding image, logo, name, or word/phrase has been registered with your country's intellectual property or trademark office.^{[1]
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If you haven’t registered a trademark, use a trademark ™ sign instead. To add the trademark sign in HTML, type or paste ™ after the image, logo, brand name, or words you intend to trademark.
- The trademark symbol doesn't have any legal protection. It only shows visitors that you've either submitted your registration paperwork or intend to register.
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To add a copyright © symbol, type or paste ©. Use a copyright symbol to show ownership over intellectual property like web content, art, music, and prose. You can also type or paste the HTML code ©, which also displays a © copyright symbol.
- When adding a copyright symbol to your website, you'll usually want to follow it with the first year you published your work, followed by the copyright owner's name.

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Other Ways to Add Registered Symbols

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Need to add type a registered symbol in another app? These tricks and shortcuts will help.
- In PHP, Perl, or Ruby: Use the code \u{00AE}.
- In JavaScript, CSS, Java, C, Python, & others: Use the code \u00AE.
- In a Microsoft Word or Google Docs: Type (r). Both programs will automatically convert it to ®.
- On a Mac: Press Option + R to add ® to the current document.
- On a Chromebook or in Chrome: Use the ® emoji. Just right-click, control-click, or double-tap a typing area, select Emoji, and search the emoji panel for "Registered."
- On a Windows PC with a numeric keypad: Hold down Alt as you press 0, 1, 7, and then 4 on the keypad.
- Android, iPhone, & iPad: Use the emoji keyboard. Search for the word "registered" or select the "r" in a circle from the symbols page.