trademark
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Adjective [edit]
trademark (not comparable)
- (informal) distinctive, characteristic, signature
- 2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, BBC Sport:
- Riise did crash a fantastic, trademark free-kick against the bar from 25 yards but it was the Potters who increasingly posed the greater threat.
- 2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, BBC Sport:
Translations [edit]
distinctive, characteristic
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Noun [edit]
trademark (plural trademarks)
- A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
- Any proprietary business, product or service name.
- 2005, Kai A. Olsen, The Internet, the Web, and eBusiness, page xv:
- Trademark Notice / The following are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies: […] Google is a trademark of Google Corporation; eBay is a trademark of eBay, Inc.
- 2005, Kai A. Olsen, The Internet, the Web, and eBusiness, page xv:
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Translations [edit]
identification of a company's product
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Verb [edit]
trademark (third-person singular simple present trademarks, present participle trademarking, simple past and past participle trademarked)
Usage notes [edit]
Among practitioners of trademark law, it is generally considered incorrect to use “trademark” as a verb; the preferred terminology would be to use a trademark or to register a trademark.