商標|しょうひょうshouhyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. nountrademark

• SynonymトレードマークNeutralNeutral. Also a registered trademark, but often used figuratively for a person's signature trait, as in 「笑顔が彼のトレードマーク」.
• SynonymブランドNeutralNeutral. Brand, for ordinary goods and name brands alike; 「商標」 is the legal term.
• Related商品名しょうひんめいNeutralNeutral. The name of a specific product; 「商標」 is the mark distinguishing a maker's goods, used mainly in legal and intellectual-property contexts.
• Related銘柄めいがらNeutralNeutral. The brand of a product such as sake or rice, and also the name of a stock; 「商標」 is the legal mark.
• Related商標名しょうひょうめいWrittenWritten/formal prose. The name used as a trademark: the wording only, registered or not, while 「商標」 also covers graphic marks and symbols.
• Relatedブランド名ブランドめいNeutralNeutral. The brand name as used in everyday and marketing contexts; 「商標」 is the legal concept and includes the graphic mark, not just the name.

For legal and intellectual-property contexts use 「商標」. In everyday brand talk use 「ブランド」 (or 「ブランド名」/「商品名」 for the name itself), and for sake, rice or stocks use 「銘柄」.

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1. 商品しょうひんや役務えきむの提供ていきょう者しゃが、自身じしんの商品しょうひん・役務えきむを、他たの提供ていきょう者しゃの商品しょうひん・役務えきむと識別しきべつするための文字もじ・図形ずけい・記号きごうなどによる標識ひょうしき。