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doctrine of foreign equivalents

doctrine of foreign equivalents noun: a rule applied in United States trademark under which foreign words are translated into English to determine whether they are registrable as trademarks, or are either descriptive or confusingly similar with existing marks.

Noun

doctrine of foreign equivalents

  1. A rule applied in United States trademark under which foreign words are translated into English to determine whether they are registrable as trademarks, or are either descriptive or confusingly similar with existing marks.

Questions about doctrine of foreign equivalents

What does doctrine of foreign equivalents mean?
Doctrine of foreign equivalents means a rule applied in United States trademark under which foreign words are translated into English to determine whether they are registrable as trademarks, or are either descriptive or confusingly similar with existing marks.
What part of speech is doctrine of foreign equivalents?
Doctrine of foreign equivalents is a noun.

Words near doctrine of foreign equivalents in the dictionary

  1. doctrinary
  2. doctrination
  3. doctrinations
  4. doctrine
  5. doctrine of equivalents
  6. doctrine of foreign equivalents
  7. doctrine of necessity
  8. doctrine of philosophical necessity
  9. doctrine of signatures
  10. doctrineless
  11. doctrinelessness

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