diff --git a/deck/text.py b/deck/text.py
index 6390bdb..6b3f348 100644
--- a/deck/text.py
+++ b/deck/text.py
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ _render_regex_src = [
   ('<(li|LI)(\s+[^>]*)?>', '* '),
   ('<\\/(li|LI)>', '\n'),
   ('<.+?>', ''),
+  ('&copy;', '(C)'),
+  ('&trade;', '(TM)'),
+  ('&larr;', '<-'),
+  ('&rarr;', '->'),
   ('&lt;', '<'),
   ('&gt;', '>'),
   ('&(ldquo|rdquo|quot);', '"'),