1999 Minnesota Statutes

     325D.43 Definitions.  

    Subdivision 1.  As used in sections 325D.43 to 325D.48, 
 unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this 
 section have the meanings ascribed to them. 

    Subd. 2.  "Article" means a product as distinguished from 
 its trademark, label, or distinctive dress in packaging.  

    Subd. 3.  "Certification mark" means a mark used in 
 connection with the goods or services of a person other than the 
 certifier to indicate geographic origin, material, mode of 
 manufacture, quality, accuracy, or other characteristics of the 
 goods or services or to indicate that the work or labor on the 
 goods or services was performed by members of a union or other 
 organization.  

    Subd. 4.  "Collective mark" means a mark used by members of 
 a cooperative, association, or other collective group or 
 organization to identify goods or services and distinguish them 
 from those of others, or to indicate membership in the 
 collective group or organization.  

    Subd. 5.  "Mark" means a word, name, symbol, device, or any 
 combination of the foregoing in any form or arrangement.  

    Subd. 6.  "Service mark" means a mark used by a person to 
 identify services and to distinguish them from the services of 
 others.  

    Subd. 7.  "Trademark" means a mark used by a person to 
 identify goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. 

    Subd. 8.  "Trade name" means a word, name, symbol, device, 
 or any combination of the foregoing in any form or arrangement 
 used by a person to identify the person's business, vocation, or 
 occupation and distinguish it from the business, vocation, or 
 occupation of others.  

    HIST: 1973 c 216 s 1; 1986 c 444