Trademarks and service marks

Trademark and Service Mark A trademark is a name, word, or symbol that a company uses to distinguish its products from Others. It is important to note that die trademark rig t issued to a company excludes others from using the saine or similar mark, but it does hot prevent other companies from making the same or siniilar products. Coke and Pepsi are examples of similar products with different trademarks. A serdce made is a name, word, or symbol that a company uses to disdnguish its services from others. A service mark is the same as a trademark, except that it applies to a service rather than a product. 

Federal trademark law also recognizes other kinds of marks that commercial companies generally do not use. Thus, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office registers collective marks, which are trademarks or service marks used by members of a cooperative, association or other collective group or organization. Collective marks include marks that are used to indicate membership in a union, an association or other organization. 35 U.S.C. 1054, 1127. 

A trademark is any work, name, symbol, or device or any combination of these adopted and used by manufacturers or merchants to identify their goods and distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A service mark is a... 

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