trademark
/ˈtreɪdmɑːk
/noun
1A symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.The author cites four key types of intellectual property: trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets....
- Legal vigilance over brand names and trademarks is a product of our hyper-litigious society.
- You could register it as a trademark or service mark, but in this case, for what?
Synonyms
logo, emblem, sign, stamp, symbol, device, badge, crest, insignia, seal, coat of arms, shield, motif, hallmark, mark, figure, monogram, logotype, colophon;
trade name, brand name, proprietary name
1.1A distinctive characteristic or object: the murder had all the trademarks of a Mafia hit...
- Remediation is a trademark characteristic of weblogs but it is hardly a new idea.
- Her most memorable roles are stamped with her trademark characteristics, by turns wry, matey and spikily defiant.
- Their distinctive trademarks, those interlocking guitars and precise rhythms, are sharp and slick - although the songs don't exactly leap out at you.
Synonyms
characteristic, trait, quality, attribute, feature, peculiarity, idiosyncrasy, hallmark, quirk, speciality, sign, telltale sign, penchant, proclivity
verb [with object] (usually as adjective trademarked)
1Provide with a trademark: they are counterfeiting trademarked goods...
- Our logo has been trademarked now in Ireland and in Europe and we're nearly finished the process in the US.
- Then I copied the logos and trademarked slogans of the printer manufacturers and started composing my own colorful work.
- For superfocused searches, such as determining whether a phrase is trademarked, look for a specialty search engine on that topic.
1.1Identify (a habit, quality, or way of life) as typical of someone: his trademarked grandiose style...
- The sound is a mile away from the stadium rock that the band would trademark later in their careers.
- I love the director's over-the-top sense of humour, especially his trademarked vision of the media of the future.
- She founded the legendary drag festival that is held in Manhattan every year, and created her own trademarked routine of singing and dancing fused with stand-up comedy.