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trademark

[trayd-mahrk] / ˈtreɪdˌmɑrk /


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The company says since at least March, White Fox has been selling and advertising clothes with four parallel stripes of equal width, which it claims is an infringement of Adidas's trademark.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Attendees ranged from strategists at Anthropic and SAP to employees of branding firms, as well as patent attorneys who discussed AI’s influence on trademark law over coffee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

With the clock ticking down, Wade carried Newcastle forward with a trademark burst down the wing, but the home side were eventually guilty of holding on as Leicester gratefully kicked to touch to claim victory.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Jobs brought his trademark product-development focus to Apple’s retail stores, joining Mr. Johnson for regular drives to a warehouse in which a secret mock-up of an Apple store would regularly be revised.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

They were strong, provocative, important words, the very trademark of Laurence Hurd.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

In a statement on its website, the agency "strongly recommends to holders of trademarks, slogans, company names and others who do not yet own a .si domain that they register one as soon as possible".

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

Blockbuster trades and high-profile free-agent signings have been Rams trademarks during the Sean McVay era, but success also has been built on more subtle transactions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

While artists own their names, likenesses and logos under intellectual-property trademarks, music merchandisers say government enforcement is limited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

One ally describes this as one of Burnham's trademarks, telling me he was a "brilliant leader of teams, and that included Conservative and Lib Dem council leaders".

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

If I died, I didn’t want people remembering me for the stacks of legal briefs I’d written or the corporate trademarks I’d helped defend.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

The marketing takeaway: Protecting trademarked IP is critical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

The European Court of Justice confirmed that decision, saying the name OpenAI was not sufficiently distinctive to be trademarked.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

It’s exactly the kind of expanding, heart-filling rock ‘n’ roll ballad that Springsteen has practically trademarked at this point.

From Salon ● May 28, 2026

Saavedra had already trademarked the name in California, so it got a big payout to give up the name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2026

And, to continue the analogy, you cannot establish a name in a day or two, any more than the manufacturer can make his trademarked goods universally known in a short period.

From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Ned Wayburn

EU regulations do not allow trademarking a brand that simply describes a product or service, as that would mean competitors could no longer use those terms in their advertising.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

But Hopkins didn’t have the name recognition to justify trademarking “Cocky.”

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

The University of Cambridge has won its fight to stop a rowing company based in the city trademarking its name.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

Matthew McConaughey is trademarking himself to fight AI fakes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

The name was chosen because of difficulties Intel had in trademarking a number.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele




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