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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... a trademark which makes the general public or the consumer of goods believe that the goods bearing that trademark are different from those of other persons.  1, fiche 1, Anglais, - distinctive%20trademark

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Generally, a distinctive mark is owned by the business that is the first to use it when marketing its product or service commercially.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - distinctive%20trademark

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The general term "mark" is often used in texts as an elliptical variant of "trademark."  3, fiche 1, Anglais, - distinctive%20trademark

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

... Trademarks that describe the ingredients, qualities, features, purpose or characteristics of a product or service. These marks are not inherently distinctive, and thus do not receive trademark protection unless they acquire distinctiveness through secondary meaning.  4, fiche 1, Anglais, - distinctive%20trademark

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