"trade dress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trade dresses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} trade dress (usually uncountable, plural trade dresses)
  1. (law) Those characteristics of the visual appearance of a product or its packaging that may be registered and protected from use by competitors in the manner of a trademark. Wikipedia link: trade dress Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law Translations (characteristics of a product): 商業外觀 (Chinese Mandarin), 商业外观 (shāngyè wàiguān) (Chinese Mandarin), mallisuoja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-trade_dress-en-noun-pqIpr-WP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: law

Inflected forms

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