Tennessee Code 47-25-501 – Part definitions
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As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-25-501
- 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.
- 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.
- Juristic person: includes a firm, partnership, corporation, union, association, or other organization capable of suing and being sued in a court of law. See Tennessee Code 47-25-501
- Mark: includes any trademark or service mark, entitled to registration under this part whether registered or not. See Tennessee Code 47-25-501
- 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: includes a corporation, firm, company or association. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Secretary: means the secretary of state or the designee of the secretary charged with the administration of this part. See Tennessee Code 47-25-501
- 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 (1) 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 Tennessee Code 47-25-501
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Trademark: means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof used by a person to identify and distinguish the goods of such 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 Tennessee Code 47-25-501
- 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 Tennessee Code 47-25-501