The phrase "a trade mark" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.
Example: "The company has successfully registered a trade mark for its new line of organic skincare products."
Alternatives: "a brand name" or "a registered mark".
Applying for a trade mark online is now very straightforward, using the Intellectual Property Office website.
"We are not trying to control the world's use of the word 'Candy'; having a trade mark doesn't allow us to do that anyway.
The test: Does the use of a hashtag create a likelihood of association or confusion with the products or services of a trade mark owner?
A registered trade mark does have to be distinctive, and a trade mark which simply describes what a business does may not be registered.
A trade mark is a badge of origin of goods or services and is usually a name, logo or strap line (although there are cases of shapes or sounds being registered as trade marks).
For example you could not trade mark 'soap' for cleaning products, but if you made a successful game called 'Soap' then you could apply for a trade mark for that in relation to games".
Use that last word (or, say, levis) as here, without a capital, and a trade-mark agent will jump on you.
It has the following merits as a trade-mark word: first it is short; second, it is not capable of mispronunciation; third, it does not resemble anything in the art and cannot be associated with anything in the art".
Mr Johnson secured himself a prime gig at the conclusion of the torch relay, whipping up thousands of concert-goers in Hyde Park with what is becoming a trade-mark rhetorical style: "We are going to get more medals than the French, aren't we?!" It was a performance few other political figures would dare attempt, let alone pull off.
The Trade-marks Act further states that "No person shall adopt in connection with a business, as a trade-mark or otherwise, any mark consisting of, or so nearly resembling as to be likely to be mistaken for... the arms, crest or flag adopted and used at any time by Canada".
The attenuated luciferase signals may be attributed to poorer tissue penetration and greater absorbance of luciferase luminescence light by haemoglobin (Colin et al, 2000) as the tumours became larger and vascularised, a trade-mark of HCC.
