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fanciful (vs. descriptive) trademark

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From 240 U.S. 251 - Hamilton-Brown Shoe Company v. Wolf Brothers & Company · 1916Most cited · 623 citing opinions

We do not regard the words 'The American Girl,' adopted and employed by complainant in connection with shoes of its manufacture, as being a geographical or descriptive term. It does not signify that the shoes are manufactured in America, or intended to be sold or used in America, nor does it indicate the quality or characteristics of the shoes. Indeed, it does not, in its primary signification, indicate shoes at all. It is a fanciful designation, arbitrarily selected by complainant's predecessors to designate shoes of their manufacture.