Which is an example of trademark?
The McDonald's® golden arches design is an example of a registered trademark in special form format. The company Nike registered this trademark in special form format, combining the stylized word Nike® with their swoosh logo.
A trademark is an easily recognizable symbol, phrase, or word that denotes a specific product. It legally differentiates a product or service from all others of its kind and recognizes the source company's ownership of the brand.
Types of trademarks include: Brand names like Apple, McDonald's, and Dolce & Gabbana. Product names like iPod and Big Mac. Company logos like the golden arches at McDonald's and NBC's peacock logo.
- Google.
- Walmart.
- Vodafone.
- Rolex.
- Clorox.
- Kodak.
- Exxon.
- Victoria Secret.
Let me use McDonald's® as a good example. The word “McDonald's” is a trademark. We call this a standard character text trademark and it would be on its own USPTO trademark application if you wanted a federal registration for it. The Golden Arches is a logo, but this too is serving as a trademark.
Contrast those with the “Nike” name and logo, and the swoosh on the shoe, as all are trademarks of Nike.
Noun “Kleenex” is a registered trademark. Outspokenness has always been his trademark. Courtesy is the company's trademark.
A trademark is generally a word, phrase, symbol, or design, or a combination thereof, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others. A service mark is the same as a trademark, except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather than goods.
A trademark offers legal protection for a word, symbol, phrase, logo, design, or combination of those that represents a source of goods or services. Types of trademarks for products include five main categories: generic mark, descriptive mark, suggestive mark, fanciful, and arbitrary mark.
Trademarks. Starbucks' iconic circular mermaid logo is one of the most recognizable trademarks in the world. Because the company owns a trademark on this image, competing coffee manufacturers are not able to create a similar logo that would cause a consumer to confuse Starbucks with a competing brand.
What are common trademarks?
A common law trademark is a trademark established solely through use in commerce in a specific geographical area. Business names, logos, and phrases that are regularly used–even though they have never been federally registered–can all be considered common law trademarks.