Anavex Life Sciences Corp (AVXL)

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Trademark Registration Not Required

Bottom of page 10, "Protecting Your Trademark, Basic Facts About Trademarks"
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/BasicFacts.pdf

In the United States, parties are not required to register their marks to obtain protectable rights. You can establish “common law” rights in a mark based solely on use of the mark in commerce, without a registration.

Merely putting (TM) after a novel, otherwise unused name connotes legal trademark protection in the US.