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A '''trademark''' is a word, phrase, design, or other feature that primarily serves to identify the source of a product or service. Drawing from the principle that consumers have a right to know the source of the things that they buy, most governments have created legal protections for trademarks, allowing the owner of the mark to take legal action against another party that uses a mark without permission.
A '''trademark''' is a word, phrase, design, or other feature that primarily serves to identify the source of a [[product]] or [[service]]. Drawing from the principle that consumers have a right to know the source of the things that they buy, most governments have created legal protections for trademarks, allowing the owner of the mark to take legal action against another party that uses a mark without permission.


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Revision as of 21:39, 10 April 2007

A trademark is a word, phrase, design, or other feature that primarily serves to identify the source of a product or service. Drawing from the principle that consumers have a right to know the source of the things that they buy, most governments have created legal protections for trademarks, allowing the owner of the mark to take legal action against another party that uses a mark without permission.