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Definitions<br />

trademark or service mark<br />

a word, design, or any combination of these<br />

used to identify and distinguish the products or<br />

services of one company from those of another<br />

Trademarks and service marks, which are often<br />

referred to as marks, may be<br />

• word marks, consisting of letters, words, or phrases<br />

• design marks, consisting of symbols, logotypes, or<br />

other distinctive visual devices<br />

“<strong>GE</strong>” in block letters is a word mark, and the Monogram<br />

and the RCA logotype are design marks.<br />

Marks may also function as either<br />

• primary marks identifying a broad range of the<br />

Company’s products or services<br />

• secondary marks identifying a single product or<br />

service or a narrow range of products or services<br />

Thus, the word mark “<strong>GE</strong>” in block letters and<br />

the design mark of the Monogram are primary<br />

<strong>GE</strong> trademarks because they identify many unrelated<br />

products and services that have the same<br />

corporate origin. The word marks “Spacemaker”<br />

and “Carry Cool” are secondary marks that are<br />

specific to only certain product lines, not to the<br />

products or services of the Company generally.<br />

Secondary Trademarks & Service Marks<br />

Contents<br />

<strong>GE</strong> Identity Program 122, Secondary Trademarks & Service Marks<br />

(Revised 2001.11)<br />

<strong>GE</strong> Identity Website: www.ge.com/identity<br />

122.01<br />

Secondary Marks 122.02<br />

& the <strong>GE</strong> Identity Program<br />

How Trademarks Come into Being 122.03<br />

Selecting Secondary Word Marks 122.04<br />

Using Secondary Word Marks 122.06<br />

Protecting Secondary Marks 122.07

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