North Dakota Century Code Title 47. Property § 47-22-01. Definitions

1. “Applicant” embraces the person filing an application for registration of a mark under this chapter and that person's legal representatives, successors, or assigns.

2. “Mark” includes any trademark or service mark entitled to registration under this chapter whether or not registered.

3. “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, union, or other organization.

4. “Registrant” embraces the person to whom the registration of a mark under this chapter is issued and that person's legal representatives, successors, or assigns.

5. “Service mark” means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof used by a person to identify and distinguish the services of one person, including a unique service, from the services of others, and to indicate the source of the services, even if that source is unknown. Titles, character names used by a person, and other distinctive features of radio or television programs may be registered as service marks notwithstanding that they, or the programs, may advertise the goods of the sponsor.

6. “Trademark” means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof adopted and used by a person to identify goods made or sold by that person and to distinguish them from goods made or sold by others.