colorable imitation
Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
United States Code
15 U.S.C. § 1127 — in this section
The term “colorable imitation” includes any mark which so resembles a registered mark as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
As applied to trademark (q. v.), colorable imitation is such a close or ingenious imitation as to be calculated to deceive ordinary persons. L. R. 5 H. L., at page 519.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the law of trade-marks, this phrase denotes such a close or ingenious imitation as to be calculated to deceive ordinary persons.
Defined under Colorable in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In the law of trade-marks, this phrase denotes such a close or ingenious imitation as to be caleulated to deceive ordinary persons.