trade name

Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

United States Code

The terms “trade name” and “commercial name” mean any name used by a person to identify his or her business or vocation.

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A trade-name is a name which by user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain trade or occupation is carried on by a particular person. The name may be that of a person, place, or thing, or it may be what is called a "fancy name" (i. e., a name having no sense, as applied to the particular trade), or word invented for the occasion, and having no sense at all. Seb. Trade-Marks, 37.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A name under which a person, firm or corporation has carried on a business, trade or occupation.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Trademark.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A trade-name is a name which by user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain trade or occupation is carried on by a particular person. The name may be that of a person, place or thing or it may be what is called a "fancy name," (i. e., a name having no sense as applied to the particular trade,) or word invented for the occasion, and having no sense at all. Seb. Trade-Marks, 37. Sweet.