Trade-Mark

A distinctive mark, motto, 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 their origin be vouched for. See Trade-Mark Cases, 100 U. S. 87, 25 L. Eld. 550; Moorman v. Hoge, 17 Fed. Cas. 715; Solis Cigar Ch v. Pozo, 16 Colo. 388, 26 Pac. 556, 25 Am. St Rep. 279; State v. Bishop, 128 Mo. 373, 31 S. W. 9, 29 L. B. A. 200, 49 Am. St Rep. 569; Royal Baking Powder Co. v. Raymond (C. Ct) 70 Fed. 380; Hegeman & Co. v. Hegeman, 8 Daly (N. Y.) 1.

— Trade-marks registration aet, 1875. This is the statute 38 & 39 Viet. c. 91, amended by the acts of 1876 and 1877. It provides for the establishment of a register of trade-marks under the superintendence of the commissioners of patents, and for the registration of trademarks as belonging to particular classes of goods, and for their assignment in connection with the good-will of the business in which they are used. Sweet.