Copyright
- Input
- ©
- Expected output
- U+00A9, UTF-8 C2 A9, ©, Alt+0169
US Mac: Option+G.
copyright, registered and trademark symbol
The three most requested signs are ©, ® and ™, and each has a different shortcut on each system. The list below opens in the "marks and text signs" group, which gathers the three plus ℠ (service mark), ℗ (sound recording), № and the degree sign °. The Alt codes below were checked against the Windows-1252 codec.
US Mac: Option+G.
US Mac: Option+R.
US Mac: Option+2.
No Alt shortcut: use Alt+X in Word or copy from here.
The year always follows the sign.
Click the symbol. It is copied to the clipboard and also added to the composition box. Then paste it with Ctrl+V (Cmd+V on Mac) into any field. On a phone, tap and hold the field and choose Paste.
Type 00A9 in Word and press Alt+X, open the Win+. panel and search "copyright", or copy the symbol from here. Alt+0169 requires the numeric keypad with Num Lock on.
™ states that the name is used as a mark, even without registration. ® should appear only when the mark is registered in the country. Both are text characters with no legal effect on their own.
No. In Berne Convention countries, protection exists from creation, without a notice. © serves to tell who the owner is and since when, and to discourage copying.
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