Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation trademark
- abbreviation transcendental meditation
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- noun The
ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code forTurkmenistan . - noun
trademark - initialism
Their Majesties - initialism
Turing machine
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Examples
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Jim Gibson: Safe harbors sometimes drag people into them who might otherwise be more aggressive, but compared to the alternative in TM it might be a good idea.
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FIFA decided this was ambush marketing, trading on the goodwill of the team without authorization — the beer company needed to stop, and the fans were engaged in TM infringement for representing affiliation with FIFA.
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Q from Ponte: Consider post-sale confusion in TM law.
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Alleged uncanny similarities between Starbucks 'new "local" brand extension, 15th Street Coffee & Tea, have gotten some play in TM-land.
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But does the law really think the only legally relevant function of TM is to indicate source?
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Alleged uncanny similarities between Starbucks 'new "local" brand extension, 15th Street Coffee & Tea, have gotten some play in TM-land.
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TM is now proposing further service cuts even though the payroll tax rate has been icnreased twice since 2003 and total agency revenue has gone up 60% since 2004.
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TM is now losing almost $500,000 per month operating WES, after spending some $173 million on construction.
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But even when search costs are zero, a TM is still valuable because it reduces consumer uncertainty about product qualities.
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Consider how the various rationales intersect with other doctrines, such as genericity in TM: sex. com is generic, but there are still things that one can do with sex. com that will trigger liability to other people based on the domain name.
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