Mark

• CURIE: gmeow:Mark
• IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/Mark
• Category: class
• Defined by: gmeow:slices/rights
• Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)

A brand / sign / name / logo that can be trademarked — the thing a gmeow:Trademark protects (schema:Brand). An information object: it may itself bear a gmeow:RightsStatement (logos are also copyright works).

Structure

Subclass of: gmeow:InformationObject

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:Mark as a specialized kind of gmeow:InformationObject. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:InformationObject

Projects To

External Equivalences

Equivalent or closely aligned targets: schema, wd

Linkages

Generated from the canonical mapping DSL. SSSOM files are the generated public interchange form for term equivalences.

Term Equivalences

Projection Coverage

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use for the brand, sign, name, or logo itself — the information object a gmeow:Trademark protects (schema:Brand), and which may also bear its own copyright as a creative work.

Avoid when

• Avoid conflating the mark (the sign) with the trademark (the right over it — gmeow:Trademark) and avoid using it for an arbitrary product name with no brand role.

How to use

• Mint one Mark, carry its word form with gmeow:markText, and link the right over it with gmeow:trademarkMark from a gmeow:Trademark; co-type or attach a gmeow:RightsStatement when the logo is also a copyright work.

Examples

• ex:blackcatMark a gmeow:Mark; gmeow:markText "Blackcat Informatics".