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trade dress

trade dress : the overall image of a product used in its marketing or sales that is composed of the nonfunctional elements of its design, packaging, or labeling (as colors, package shape, or symbols) NOTE: Trade dress is protected by the Trademark (Lanham) Act of 1946 if it is not a functional part of the product, has acquired secondary meaning, and there is likelihood of confusion as to the source of the product on the part of the consumer if a competing product has a similar trade dress. ...


cross dress

to dress in the clothes of the other sex...


Dress circle

A gallery or balcony in a theater generally the first above the floor in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn...


Dress coat

A coat with skirts behind only as distinct from the frock coat of which the skirts surround the body It is worn on occasions of ceremony The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full skirted frock coat...


Dressing

Dress raiment especially ornamental habiliment or attire...


Dressing table

a table usually having a vertical back piece containing a mirror at which a person may sit while dressing or applying makeup and on which articles for the toilet stand It often has drawers for toiletries clothing or accessories It is also called a vanity or vanity table...


full dress

full evening dress for men...


overdress

To dress or adorn to excess to dress too much to dress too formally for an informal occasion...


infringement

infringement : the act or an instance of infringing ;esp : the unauthorized use of copyrighted or patented material or of a trademark, trade name, or trade dress see also equivalent, fair use NOTE: Infringement of a trademark, trade name, or trade dress involves use of one by the infringer that is the same as that of the owner or so similar that it is likely to deceive or to cause confusion or mistake on the part of the average purchaser. Infringement of a copyright involves the copying of a material and substantial portion of the protected work. If the alleged infringer denies copying, the copyright holder may be able to prove infringement with circumstantial evidence of the infringer's access to the protected work and of similarities between the two works. ...


secondary meaning

secondary meaning : a developed association in the public's mind between the mark, name, or trade dress of a product and a specific manufacturer originating it that renders the mark, name, or trade dress protectable under trademark law [the general descriptive name of the product acquired secondary meaning] ...


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