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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

An imitation calculated to deceive.

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.