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Trade-Mark

A distinctive mark, mot-to, device, or emblem, which a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise affixes to the goods he produces, so that they may be identified in the market, and tbeir origin be vouched for. See Trade-Mark Cases, 100 U. 8. 87, 25 L. Ed. 550; Moorman v. Hoge, 17 Fed. Cas. 715; Solis Cigar Co. v. Pozo, 16 Colo. 388, 26 Pac. 556, 25 Am. St. Rep. 279; State r. Bishop, 128 Mo. 373, 31 S. W. 9, 29 L.R. A. 200, 49 Am. St. Rep. 569; Royal Baking Powder Co. v. Raymond (O. C.) 7b Fed. . 380; Hegeman A Co. v. Hegeman, 8 Daly (N. Y.) L

Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)