different between trademark vs genericness

English

Alternative forms

• trade mark

Etymology

From trade +? mark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?e?dm??(?)k/

Adjective

trademark (not comparable)

1. (informal) Distinctive, characteristic, signature.

Translations

Noun

trademark (plural trademarks)

2. A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.
3. Any proprietary business, product or service name.
4. The aspect for which someone or something is best known; a hallmark or typical characteristic.

Descendants

• ? Bengali: ?????????? (?re?mark)
• ? Hindi: ?????????? (?re?m?rk)

Translations

See also

• brand
• registered trademark
• service mark
• wordmark

Verb

trademark (third-person singular simple present trademarks, present participle trademarking, simple past and past participle trademarked)

1. (proscribed) To register something as a trademark.
2. (proscribed) 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.

Anagrams

• Mardakert

English

Etymology

generic +? -ness

Noun

genericness (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being generic.
2. (law) In United States trademark law, the characteristic of a trademark being generic, and therefore unregistrable.

Synonyms

• genericity

Antonyms

• specificness