Proprietor

This term is almost synonymous with "owner," (q. v.,) as in the phrase "riparian proprietor." A person entitled to a trade-mark or a design under the acts for the registration or patenting of trade-marks and designs (q. v.) is called "proprietor" of the trade-mark or design.

Sweet. See Latham v. Roach, 72 IU. 181; Yuengling v. Scbile (C. C.) 12 Fed. 105; Hunt v. Curry, 37 Ark. 105 ; Werekmeister v. Springer Lithographing Co. (C. C.) 63 Fed. 811.