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A trade name or mark that is descriptive of the products or services being sold and which cannot be registered for a trademark protection unless it acquires a distinct meaning over the course of time. Used in trademark law, this a word mark which describes the product or service and is not unique. For example, QuickGas as a mark is descriptive of the products sold at a common … [Read more...] about DESCRIPTIVE MARK

To leave or quit with an intention to cause a permanent separation; to forsake utterly; to abandon. … [Read more...] about DESERT

One who abandons his post; as, a soldier who abandons the public service without leave; or a sailor who abandons a ship when he has engaged to serve. … [Read more...] about DESERTER

(A) crim. law. An offence which consists in the abandonment of the public service, in the army or navy, without leave. 2. The Act of March 16, 1802, s. 19, enacts, that if any non-commissioned officer, musician, or private, shall desert the service of the United States, he shall, in addition to the penalties mentioned in the rules and articles of war, be liable to serve for and … [Read more...] about DESERTION

contracts. The abandonment, by a sailor, of a ship or vessel, in which he engaged to perform a voyage, before the expiration of his time, and without leave. 2. Desertion, without just cause, renders the sailor liable, on his shipping articles, for damages, and will, besides, work a forfeiture of his wages previously earned. 3 Kent, Com. 155. It has been decided, in England, … [Read more...] about DESERTION OF SEAMEN