A trademark or servicemark relates to any word, name, symbol or device
which is used in trade with goods or services to indicate the source or
origin of the goods or services and to distinguish them from the goods
or services of others. Trademark rights may be used to prevent others
from using a confusingly similar mark but not to prevent others from
making the same goods or from selling them under a non-confusing mark.
Similar rights may be acquired in marks used in the sale or advertising
of services (service marks). Trademarks and service marks which are used
in interstate or foreign commerce may be registered in the Patent and
Trademark Office. The procedure relating to the registration of
trademarks and some general information concerning trademarks is given
in a separate pamphlet entitled “Basic Facts About Trademarks.”