Trademark
noun
A symbol, word, or words legally registered to represent a company or a product.
The golden arches is the trademark of McDonald's.

noun
A specific characteristic or quality that identifies a person or thing.
Perseverance is his trademark, he never gives up.

noun
A symbol, word, or words legally registered to represent a company or a product.
The golden arches is the trademark of McDonald's.

noun
A specific characteristic or quality that identifies a person or thing.
Perseverance is his trademark, he never gives up.

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Legal Protection
Emphasizes the official registered status that protects a company's brand identity from misuse.

Their unique bottle shape became a trademark, stopping others from copying it.
Brand Recognition
Highlights how a trademark acts as a recognizable sign that distinguishes products or services.

The 'swoosh' is the trademark that identifies all Nike products.
Commercial Identity
Akin to a signature for a business, indicates ownership and origin.

They registered the phrase 'Just Do It' as a trademark for their marketing.
Legal Protection
Emphasizes the official registered status that protects a company's brand identity from misuse.

Their unique bottle shape became a trademark, stopping others from copying it.
Brand Recognition
Highlights how a trademark acts as a recognizable sign that distinguishes products or services.

The 'swoosh' is the trademark that identifies all Nike products.
Commercial Identity
Akin to a signature for a business, indicates ownership and origin.

They registered the phrase 'Just Do It' as a trademark for their marketing.
Legal Protection
Emphasizes the official registered status that protects a company's brand identity from misuse.

Their unique bottle shape became a trademark, stopping others from copying it.
Brand Recognition
Highlights how a trademark acts as a recognizable sign that distinguishes products or services.

The 'swoosh' is the trademark that identifies all Nike products.
Commercial Identity
Akin to a signature for a business, indicates ownership and origin.

They registered the phrase 'Just Do It' as a trademark for their marketing.
Video examples
Why do honeybees love...
They agreed on an ideal size and returned to work. The space efficient comb that is a bee's trademark today, is probably the result of this trial and error, but over long periods of evolutionary history. However, it paid off. Peek into any hive -- with your protective goggles and netting on, of course --
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Earthrise: The Story of...
you'd bring back well what do you remember after this flight and I must confess that all of us when we saw the earth rising over the lunar landscape said this was it the picture that bill took of the earth from Apollo 8 became sort of the trademark of the mission
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Johanna Blakely: Lessons...
You might also be asking whether it's possible that this is illegal for her to do this. Well, it turns out that it's actually not illegal. In the fashion industry, there's very little intellectual property protection. They have trademark protection,
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How a typeface helped...
This is still a radical idea. And why is that radical? When we think about what capital letters denote, they denote something important, whether it's our names, or our titles. Or maybe even just the name of our corporations, or maybe our trademarks.
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Why should you read...
This was a key feature of his trademark uneven tempo and black humor, which became popular throughout the Theatre of the Absurd. He also cultivated a mysterious persona, and refused to confirm or deny any speculations
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Why I speak up about...
Seizures are the trademark characteristic for most types of epilepsy, and every first-ever seizure needs to be assessed by a doctor to determine if one has epilepsy or if it's a symptom of something else.
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Rattler vs. Red-Tailed...
of the largest Hawk species in the world the bird of prey wastes no time it swoops right in to make a quick meal out of the snake the rattler is instantly on guard it sounds its trademark warning signal
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Lions' First Kill PIPE...
of energy the Cubs help their mother digging towards the source of the scent they work as a team and rest in terms then Letarte performs an intricate move that will become this trademark among the team
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Red-Tailed Hawk vs....
of the largest Hawk species in the world the vertebra wastes no time it swoops right in to make a quick meal out of the snake the rattler is instantly andar it sounds its trademark warning signal
Video examples
Red-Tailed Hawk vs....
the world the bird of prey wastes no time it swoops right in to make a quick meal out of the snake the rattler is instantly on guard it sounds its trademark warning signal
Video examples
Why do honeybees love...
They agreed on an ideal size and returned to work. The space efficient comb that is a bee's trademark today, is probably the result of this trial and error, but over long periods of evolutionary history. However, it paid off. Peek into any hive -- with your protective goggles and netting on, of course --
Video examples
Earthrise: The Story of...
you'd bring back well what do you remember after this flight and I must confess that all of us when we saw the earth rising over the lunar landscape said this was it the picture that bill took of the earth from Apollo 8 became sort of the trademark of the mission
Video examples
Johanna Blakely: Lessons...
You might also be asking whether it's possible that this is illegal for her to do this. Well, it turns out that it's actually not illegal. In the fashion industry, there's very little intellectual property protection. They have trademark protection,
Video examples
How a typeface helped...
This is still a radical idea. And why is that radical? When we think about what capital letters denote, they denote something important, whether it's our names, or our titles. Or maybe even just the name of our corporations, or maybe our trademarks.
Video examples
Why should you read...
This was a key feature of his trademark uneven tempo and black humor, which became popular throughout the Theatre of the Absurd. He also cultivated a mysterious persona, and refused to confirm or deny any speculations
Video examples
Why I speak up about...
Seizures are the trademark characteristic for most types of epilepsy, and every first-ever seizure needs to be assessed by a doctor to determine if one has epilepsy or if it's a symptom of something else.
Video examples
Rattler vs. Red-Tailed...
of the largest Hawk species in the world the bird of prey wastes no time it swoops right in to make a quick meal out of the snake the rattler is instantly on guard it sounds its trademark warning signal
Video examples
Lions' First Kill PIPE...
of energy the Cubs help their mother digging towards the source of the scent they work as a team and rest in terms then Letarte performs an intricate move that will become this trademark among the team
Video examples
Red-Tailed Hawk vs....
of the largest Hawk species in the world the vertebra wastes no time it swoops right in to make a quick meal out of the snake the rattler is instantly andar it sounds its trademark warning signal
Video examples
Red-Tailed Hawk vs....
the world the bird of prey wastes no time it swoops right in to make a quick meal out of the snake the rattler is instantly on guard it sounds its trademark warning signal
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Quote examples
Stephen Hillenburg
American Actor
I knew I wanted to create a character who was nerdy and kind of square, so when I drew a square sponge, everything came together. And originally his name was SpongeBoy, but there we couldn't use that for trademark reasons.

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James Wan
Australian Producer
I think before 'Saw' came along, there really wasn't a movie franchise that actually went out there and said, 'We're going to come out with one every year during Halloween and make that our trademark.

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Soledad O'Brien
American Journalist
My trademark at CNN was really asking insightful questions and making sure people are understanding the connections in humanity, and I think that is the core of education.

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Bikram Choudhury
Indian
When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark.

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Primo Angeli
Artist
A great trademark is appropriate, dynamic, distinctive, memorable and unique.

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Larry Harvey
American Celebrity
We don't use the trademark to market anything. It's our identity.

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Aretha Franklin
American Musician
You could call my piano my trademark, or one of my trademarks.

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Edgar Davids
Dutch Athlete
Visually, my trademarks have always been my glasses and hair.

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Grigor Dimitrov
Bulgarian Athlete
I want to create my own legend, my own trademarks.

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Bonnie Hammer
American Businessman
You can't trademark the word 'sci-fi.

Quote examples
Stephen Hillenburg
American Actor
I knew I wanted to create a character who was nerdy and kind of square, so when I drew a square sponge, everything came together. And originally his name was SpongeBoy, but there we couldn't use that for trademark reasons.

Quote examples
James Wan
Australian Producer
I think before 'Saw' came along, there really wasn't a movie franchise that actually went out there and said, 'We're going to come out with one every year during Halloween and make that our trademark.

Quote examples
Soledad O'Brien
American Journalist
My trademark at CNN was really asking insightful questions and making sure people are understanding the connections in humanity, and I think that is the core of education.

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Bikram Choudhury
Indian
When in Rome, I must do as the Romans do. When in America, make Bikram copyright and trademark.

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Primo Angeli
Artist
A great trademark is appropriate, dynamic, distinctive, memorable and unique.

Quote examples
Larry Harvey
American Celebrity
We don't use the trademark to market anything. It's our identity.

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Aretha Franklin
American Musician
You could call my piano my trademark, or one of my trademarks.

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Edgar Davids
Dutch Athlete
Visually, my trademarks have always been my glasses and hair.

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Grigor Dimitrov
Bulgarian Athlete
I want to create my own legend, my own trademarks.

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Bonnie Hammer
American Businessman
You can't trademark the word 'sci-fi.

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