ME. A trade-name is a name which hy user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain trade or occupation is carried on by a partic-ular person. The name may be that of a person, place, or thing, or it may be what is called !.a “fancy name,” ff. e„ a name having no sense as applied to the particular trade,) or word invented for the occasion, and hav-tng’no sense at all.. Seb.. Trade-Marks, 37. Sweet
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
