Mutiny Act. Hist. An English statute enacted annually from 1689 to 1879 to provide for a standing army and to punish mutiny, desertion, and other military offenses. • It was merged into the Army Discipline and Regulation Act of 1879 (ch. 33).
generic, adj. Trademarks. 1. Common or descriptive, and thus not eligible for trademark protection; nonproprie-tary (a generic name). [Cases: Trade Regulation 23. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Com-petition § 43.] 2. Not having a trademark or brand name (generic drugs).
Principal Register. Trademarks. The list of distinctive marks approved for federal trademark registration. • The register is maintained by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Only marks that are strong, distinctive, and famous are listed. 15 USCA § 1052. [Cases: Trade Regulation 151. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition §§ 147, 153.]
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complementary goods. Trademarks. Products that are typically used together, such as pancake syrup and pancake mix, or motion-picture projectors and film. • Trademark law may prevent the use of a similar mark on complementary goods because consumers may be confused into thinking that the goods come from a common source. The patent-misuse doctrine may provide
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A publicly held corporation a security of which is registered under § 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. • The corporation is subject to the Act’s periodic disclosure requirements and proxy reg-ulations. 15USCA § 78l. [Cases: Securities Regulation 35.22. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 112–114.]
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A name, esp. a tradename, that clearly distinguishes one thing from another. • To maintain an action for tradename infringement, the plaintiff must prove, among other things, that it owns a distinctive name. [Cases: Trade Regulation 10. C.J.S. Names §§ 15, 17; Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition §§ 41–42.]
An interpretation given to a law or regulation by an administrative agency. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 413; Statutes 219. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure § 95; Statutes § 344.]
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A takeover attempt in which the bidder corporation offers to exchange some of its securities for a specified number of the target corporation’s voting shares. Cf. TENDER OFFER. [Cases: Securities Regulation 52.30–52.50. C.J.S. Securities Regulation §§ 121–122, 127–128, 131–138, 140–141.]
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shingle theory. Securities. The notion that a broker-dealer must be held to a high standard of conduct because by engaging in the securities business (“hanging out a shingle”), the broker-dealer implicitly represents to the world that the conduct of all its employees will be fair and meet professional norms. [Cases: Securities Regulation 27.21, 60.32(1). C.J.S.
tradename. 1. A name, style, or symbol used to distinguish a company, partnership, or business (as opposed to a product or service); the name under which a business operates. • A tradename is a means of identifying a business — or its products or services — to establish goodwill. It symbolizes the business’s reputation. [Cases: