TRADE-MARK

A distinctive mark, motto, device, or emblem, which a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise aflxes to the goods he produces, so that they may be Identified in the market, and their origin be vouched for. See Trade-Mark Oases, 100 U. B. 87, 25 L. Ed. 550; Moorman v. Hoge, 17 Fed. Cas. 715; Soils Cigar Co. v. Pozo, 16 Colo. 888, 26 Pac 556, 25 Am. St. Rep. 279; State V. Bishop, 128 Mo. 373, 31 S. W. 9, 29 K R. A. 200, 49 Am. St. Rep. 569; Royal Baking Powder Co. v. Raymond (O. C.) 7b Fed. . 380; Hegeman A Co. v. Hegeman, 8 Daly (N. X.) 1. Trade-mark registration act, 1875. This is the statute 38 A 39 Vict c. 91, amended by the acts of 1876 and 1877. It provides for .the establishment of a register of trademarks trader the superintendence of the commissioners of patents, and for the registration of trademarks as belonging to particular classes of goods, and for their assignment in connection with the goodwill of the business in which they are used. Sweet.