Patent vs. Trademark

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Patentnoun

A declaration issued by a government agency declaring someone the inventor of a new invention and having the privilege of stopping others from making, using or selling the claimed invention; a letter patent.

Patentnoun

A specific grant of ownership of a piece of property; a land patent.

Patentnoun

License; formal permission.

Patentnoun

Patent leather: a varnished, high-gloss leather typically used for shoes and accessories.

Patentverb

To successfully register an invention with a government agency; to secure a letter patent.

Patentadjective

(biology) Open, unobstructed, expanded.

Patentadjective

Explicit and obvious.

Patentadjective

(of flour) That is fine, and consists mostly of the inner part of the endosperm.

Patentadjective

Open; unconcealed; conspicuous.

Patentadjective

Open to public perusal; said of a document conferring some right or privilege.

Patentadjective

Protected by a legal patent.

Patentadjective

Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous.

Patentadjective

Open to public perusal; - said of a document conferring some right or privilege; as, letters patent. See Letters patent, under 3d Letter.

Patentadjective

Appropriated or protected by letters patent; secured by official authority to the exclusive possession, control, and disposal of some person or party; patented; as, a patent right; patent medicines.

Patentadjective

Spreading; forming a nearly right angle with the steam or branch; as, a patent leaf.

Patentnoun

A letter patent, or letters patent; an official document, issued by a sovereign power, conferring a right or privilege on some person or party.

Patentnoun

The right or privilege conferred by such a document; hence, figuratively, a right, privilege, or license of the nature of a patent.

Patentverb

To grant by patent; to make the subject of a patent; to secure or protect by patent; as, to patent an invention; to patent public lands.

Patentnoun

a document granting an inventor sole rights to an invention

Patentnoun

an official document granting a right or privilege

Patentverb

obtain a patent for;

Patentverb

grant rights to; grant a patent for

Patentverb

make open to sight or notice;

Patentadjective

(of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage;

Patentadjective

clearly apparent or obvious to the mind or senses;

Patentnoun

a government authority or licence conferring a right or title for a set period, especially the sole right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention

Patentnoun

patent leather

Patentadjective

easily recognizable; obvious

Patentadjective

(of a vessel, duct, or aperture) open and unobstructed; failing to close

Patentadjective

(of a parasitic infection) showing detectable parasites in the tissues or faeces

Patentadjective

made and marketed under a patent; proprietary

Patentverb

obtain a patent for (an invention)

Patent

A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of years, in exchange for publishing an enabling public disclosure of the invention. In most countries, patent rights fall under private law and the patent holder must sue someone infringing the patent in order to enforce his or her rights.

Trademarkadjective

(informal) distinctive, characteristic, signature

Trademarknoun

A word, symbol, or phrase used to identify a particular company's product and differentiate it from other companies' products.

Trademarknoun

Any proprietary business, product or service name.

Trademarknoun

The aspect for which someone or something is best known; a hallmark or typical characteristic.

Trademarkverb

To register something as a trademark.

Trademarkverb

To so label a product.

Trademarknoun

a distinctive characteristic or attribute

Trademarknoun

a formally registered symbol identifying the manufacturer or distributor of a product

Trademarknoun

a symbol, word, or words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product.

Trademarknoun

a distinctive characteristic or object

Trademarkverb

provide with a trademark

Trademarkverb

identify (a habit, quality, or way of life) as typical of someone

Trademark

A trademark (also written trade mark or trade-mark) is a type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others, although trademarks used to identify services are usually called service marks. The trademark owner can be an individual, business organization, or any legal entity.

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