Fakes and Newbie's

Mr. Dereng is quite correct regarding intellectual property law. A trademark, like a patent, does not PROTECT your work. A registered trademark gives you offensive, not defensive, rights. If infringement is made on your trademark, you may attack the offending party in court. Because that is costly you probably would want to strike a deal with someone else suing or bringing charges against the offender to add your charge to the body of charges against the person. This would increase your leverage against them. A trademark is a good thing to announce, promote, use, and distribute widely. That helps ensure you own it should you take action against someone who uses it without permission.