English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtreɪdmɑː(r)k/,
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-trademark.ogg

Noun

1. A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products. Indicated by the symbol %E2%84%A2|™, when registered with a government authority it is sometimes indicated by the symbol ®.

Related terms

• brand
• registered trademark
• servicemark

Translations

• Czech: {{t-|cs|ochranná známka|f}}
• Dutch: handelsmerk
• Finnish:
• French:
• German: Gebrauchsmuster
• Icelandic: {{t-|is|vörumerki|n}}

• Japanese: 商標 (しょうひょう, shōhyō)
• Korean: {{t-|ko|상표|tr=sangpyo|sc=Hang}}
• Romanian: marcă înregistrată
• Portuguese: marca registrada
• Vietnamese: thương hiệu

Verb

1. To register something as a trademark.
2. To so label a product.

Usage notes

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.

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