Question

When the trademark is a descriptive term, _____.

Multiple Choice

courts routinely treat the term as distinctive to legal merit

protection exists only if a claimant proves that the term conveys to consumers a secondary meaning of association with the claimant

courts are unwilling to allow the term for trademark protection

it qualifies for trademark protection automatically and functions as the common descriptive name of a product class

Answer 1

When the trademark is a descriptive term protection exists only if a claimant proves that the term conveys to consumers a secondary meaning of association with the claimant

Option B is correct