trademark
- noun
- /ˈtreɪdˌmɑrk/
- Specialized
- Before launching her new brand, she filed for a trademark to protect its name.
- a registered trademark
- to register a trademark
- the trademark office
That's their IP, their trademark, their logo in your, in your film.
- That's their IP, their trademark, their logo in your, in your film.
- If Legos loses their trademark, if you say Legos.
- We've got to be careful of that Apple trademark where the circle's kind of close to an Apple.
- Scott, there are all kinds of obvious problems with this new name, from trademark violations to its association with porn.
- They, they have the they had or continue to have like trademark on the sequence of words, the greatest show on earth.
- Of course, we get a trademark dispute letter from the from the guys in Marbella.
- OK so this important call is with my most expensive friend AKA my lawyer trying to lock in the trademark for this D company name.
- And I spent, as soon as that idea came up, I took it to the US Patent and Trademark Office and they actually denied my trademark.
Examples
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The logo on the product is a registered trademark of the company.
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DEC is a registered trademark, and Alpha and AXP are trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.
Academic text (1994) -
Well, she asked about the trademark.
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Are we gonna get into any trademark or copyright issues here?
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OK so this important call is with my most expensive friend AKA my lawyer trying to lock in the trademark for this D company name.
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And he is prepared to relinquish trademark rights for only $2 million.
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And I spent, as soon as that idea came up, I took it to the US Patent and Trademark Office and they actually denied my trademark.
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POWER2 is a trademark, and RISC System/6000 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
Academic text (1994) -
Many businesses use a specific name as their trademark to distinguish themselves in the market.
Synonyms
An object that stands for an idea or feeling
A picture or symbol a company uses so people can easily recognise it
A name a company gives to a product or service to show it is different from others
A name a company gives to a product or service to sell it
A simple picture or design that shows a company's brand
Antonyms
How Official
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Trademark comes from two simple words, trade ('buying and selling') and mark ('sign'). It originally meant a sign put on goods to show who made them, and that's why a trademark today is a symbol or name that identifies and legally protects a company or product.