Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 482 > Part I - General Provisions

• Applicant: includes the person filing an application for registration of a trade name or mark under this chapter, and the legal representatives, successors, or assigns of such person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Director: means the director of the department of commerce and consumer affairs. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• Entity: means a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or any other type of business entity recognized in this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Individual: means a natural person, and includes the estate of an incompetent or deceased individual. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• Mark: includes any trademark or service mark, entitled to registration under this chapter whether registered or not. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• 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.
• Partnership: includes a general partnership, limited partnership, and limited liability partnership. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• Service mark: means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof used by a person, to identify and distinguish the services of one person, including a unique service, from the services of others, and to indicate the source of the services, even if that source is unknown. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• Trade name: means any name used by a person to identify a business or vocation of such person. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• Trademark: means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods of the person, including a unique product, from those manufactured or sold by others, and to indicate the source of the goods, even if that source is unknown. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1
• Use: means the bona fide use of a mark in the ordinary course of trade, and not made merely to reserve a right in a mark. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 482-1