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Tre'vaughn Howard, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2024
That trademark defense that muddies the waters for many, mucking up rhythm and leaving teams feeling hot breath on necks barely slowed the high-flying Huskies.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2024
By his junior year, yearbook photos show, his trademark curtain of dark hair fell over his forehead, paired with a small earring and a choker-style necklace.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
One of Aduba’s signature trademarks, outside of her distinctive voice, is the gap in her smile.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
In just under three years’ time, however, fans will see Nike’s trademark ticks, not the three stripes of Adidas, on the shirts of Germany’s national teams.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
At back-to-back fund-raising receptions on Wednesday in Texas, where Biden pulled in more than two million dollars in red-state cash, the President began what sounded like one of his trademark windy anecdotes, about a man who came up to him complaining of crushing debt.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
Daft-sounding ideas and sayings are O’Leary’s trademark.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2024
My Personal Information | Ad Choices FORTUNE is a trademark of Fortune Media IP Limited, registered in the U.S. and other countries.
—Margie Zable Fisher, Fortune Well, 22 Mar. 2024
Krystal Hur, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
Vuitton’s business was strong enough that in 1888, his only son, Georges, trademarked his now-signature checkerboard Damier print.
—Lindsay Talbot, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
In 1935, it was trademarked by the Crescent City's Roosevelt Hotel.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024
Her character is wonderfully unsure, lacking the motor-mouthed confidence Palmer has since trademarked, and the actress seemlessly disappears within her role.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2023
Because the name was never trademarked, anyone can use it.
—Kate Cray, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2024
Is the Green Ticker (a term trademarked by Elkay) helping make the sale?
—Alden Wicker, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
Each painting depicts one of six Jayhawk logos over the years and are numbered with the year they were trademarked.
—Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
Instead, visitors to its appointment-only showroom must enter a nondescript brick building behind a white picket fence before finding themselves in what founder Don Siegel calls—and has trademarked—The Chipeta Experience.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 30 Jan. 2024
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“Trademark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trademark. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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trademark
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trademark
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Note: The Patent and Trademark Office registers trademarks and service marks that are used in interstate commerce or in intrastate commerce that affects interstate commerce. There are also state registration statutes for marks used in intrastate commerce. A trademark or service mark need not be registered for an owner to enforce his or her rights in court. The common law recognizes ownership of a trademark, established by actual and first use of the mark, but it extends only to the areas or markets where the mark is used. Federal registration of a trademark gives rise to a federal cause of action for infringement in addition to the common-law claim. Registration also serves as evidence of the owner's exclusive right to the continuous use and validity of the mark, and as constructive notice to the world of the claim to the mark. To be a valid trademark at common law and for federal registration, a mark must be distinctive; a descriptive mark may become distinctive by acquiring secondary meaning.
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