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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
§ 1. As used in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) “article” means a product as distinguished from a trademark, label or distinctive dress in packaging;
(2) “certification mark” means a mark used in connection with the goods or services of a person other than the certifier to indicate geographic origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy or other characteristics of the goods or services or to indicate that the work or labor on the goods or services was performed by members of a union or other organization;
(3) “collective mark” means a mark used by members of a cooperative, association or other collective group or organization to identify goods or services and distinguish them from those of others or to indicate membership in the collective group or organization;
(4) “mark” means a word, name, symbol, device or any combination of the foregoing in any form or arrangement;
(5) “person” means an individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, 2 or more of any of the foregoing having a joint or common interest or any other legal or commercial entity;
(6) “service mark” means a mark used by a person to identify services and to distinguish them from the services of others;
(7) “trademark” means a mark used by a person to identify goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others;
(8) “trade name” means a word, name, symbol, device or any combination of the foregoing in any form of arrangement used by a person to identify his business, vocation or occupation and distinguish it from the business, vocation or occupation of others.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Illinois Statutes Chapter 815. Business Transactions § 510/1. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/il/chapter-815-business-transactions/il-st-sect-815-510-1/
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