any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate his or her goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others. A trademark is a proprietary term that is usually registered with the Patent and Trademark Office to assure its exclusive use by its owner.

a distinctive mark or feature particularly characteristic of or identified with a person or thing.

to stamp or otherwise place a trademark designation upon.

to register the trademark of.

noun

brand , brand name , identification , initials , label , logotype , mark , stamp , tagnotes:tm is a trademark , but r is a registered trademark (with the u.s. patent office)a trademark is a name , symbol , or other depiction identifying a product , and the first trademarks were stamps and symbols used by ancient cultures to indicate who had made goods; a trade name is the name of the maker , not the product , but has the status of a trademark , colophon , characteristic , emblem , feature , logo

verb

brand , identify , label , tag