Terms Used In Delaware Code > Title 6 > Chapter 33 - Trademarks, Brands and Labels

• Applicant: shall mean any person filing an application for registration of a trademark under this chapter, the applicant's legal representatives, successors or assigns. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3302
• Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Court: means the Court of Chancery. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3314
• Department of Finance: means the Department of Finance of New Castle County in which the park district is located. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 702
• Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
• Knowledge: means a person's actual knowledge of a fact, rather than the person's constructive knowledge of the fact. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Legal voter: means every citizen resident in a proposed or existing park district, who would be entitled at the time of holding an election under this chapter to register and vote in any election district of which a proposed or existing park district is a part at a general election, if such general election were to be held at the time of any election under this chapter, whether or not he or she is at that time a registered voter. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 702
• Mark: shall include any trademark or service mark entitled to registration under this chapter, whether registered or not. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3302
• Member: means a person who is admitted to a limited liability company as a member as provided in § 18-301 of this title, and includes a member of the limited liability company generally and a member associated with a series of the limited liability company. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 18-101
• Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, union or other organization. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3302
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
• Receiver of taxes and county treasurer: means the receiver of taxes and county treasurer of the county, Kent or Sussex, in which the park district is located. See Delaware Code Title 9 Sec. 702
• Registrant: shall mean the person to whom the registration of a trademark under this chapter is issued, that person's legal representatives, successors or assigns. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3302
• Service mark: shall mean a mark used in the sale or advertising of services to identify the services of 1 person and distinguish them from the services of others. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3302
• State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
• Trade name: shall mean a word, name, symbol, device or any combination thereof used by a person to identify a business, vocation or occupation and distinguish it from the business, vocation or occupation of others. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3302
• Trademark: shall mean any word, name, symbol or device or any combination thereof adopted and used by a person to identify goods made or sold by that person, and to distinguish them from goods made or sold by others. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 3302