ABERCROMBIE(TT) CLASSIFICATION
Abercrombie classification. Trademarks. One of the four types of trade designation — whether by mark, name, or dress — as generic, descriptive, suggestive, and arbitrary or fanciful, in increasing order of distinctiveness. Ab-ercrombie & Fitch Co. v. Hunting World, Inc., 537 F.2d 4, 9 (2d Cir. 1976). [Cases: Trade Regulation 12.]