service mark

noun

: a mark or device used to identify a service (such as transportation or insurance) offered to customers

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of service mark was in 1945

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“Service mark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20mark. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

service mark

noun
: a mark used to identify a service offered to customers

Medical Definition

service mark

noun
: a mark or device used to identify a service (as transportation or insurance) offered to customers compare trademark

Legal Definition

service mark

noun
: a mark (as a name) used especially in advertising to identify and distinguish services (as transportation) of one person from another and to indicate the source of the services see also Trademark Act of 1946 compare trademark

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