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As for other sodas, Moxie won its case against Noxie, but Pepsi-Cola lost against Pep, as did Seven-Up.against Cheer Up. On the other hand, if the name of your product is a common word which is applied in an arbitrary or fanciful sense, you should be able to claim it as a trademark.

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  1. noun Something produced by human or mechanical effort or by a natural process.
  2. noun A direct result; a consequence: "Is history the product of impersonal social and economic forces?” (Anthony Lewis).
  3. noun Chemistry A substance resulting from a chemical reaction.

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  • The decision to use a product is the responsibility of each organization, and each organization should perform its own evaluation and selection. —  CA-94:01 REVISED CERT Advisory Ongoing Network Monitoring Attacks
  • As for other sodas, Moxie won its case against Noxie, but Pepsi-Cola lost against Pep, as did Seven-Up.against Cheer Up. On the other hand, if the name of your product is a common word which is applied in an arbitrary or fanciful sense, you should be able to claim it as a trademark. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XVI No 1
  • The notion that a product is a labor-saving device can be conveyed by calling it automatic: automatic coffeemaker, automatic egg cooker, automatic washer, etc. —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4
  • This would be no fashioning of an hallucination, it would be a real act. —  Merlin's Mirror
  • The merchant might choose to emphasize the name of the company (Stella-bration, Zayre-iffic), the product being sold (Ford-a-thon, Toy-rific, Truffle-icious), the material of which the product is made (Silksational), some quality of the product (Scentsational), or what the product does (Butter-Matic). —  VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 4
 

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  1. Middle English, result of multiplication, produced, from Medieval Latin prōductum, result of multiplication, from neuter past participle of Latin prōdūcere, to bring forth; see produce.

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  1. from Latin productus, past participle of producere, lead forth, produce: see produce.
  2. = French produit = Spanish Portuguese producto = Italian prodotto, produtto = D. G. Swedish Dan, produkt, product, from Latin productum, neut of productus, past participle of producere, lead forth, produce: see produce.
 

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