descriptive mark
Definition
Word, picture, or symbol that describes the size, color, purpose, class of users, or the effect on the users of the product it is associated with. To be registered, or for legal protection from imitations, it needs to have acquired distinctiveness (a secondary meaning) through association with a product, whether or not it is inherently distinctive. See also suggestive mark.
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descriptive mark is in the Corporate, Commercial, & General Law subject.
descriptive mark appears in the definition of the following term: suggestive mark
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