A trade-name is a name which by user and reputation has acquired the property of indicating that a certain, trade or occupation is carried on by a particular person. The name may be that of a person, place, or thing, or it may be what is called j.a. “fancy name,” (I. e., a name having no sense as applied to the particular trade) or word Invented for the occasion, and having no sense at all. Seb.. Trade-Marks, 37. Sweet.