Trademark

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

The reified trademark right over a mark — binding the mark, its holder, the registration number and the ™/®/status value. Aligned (by reference) to schema:Brand, the WIPO trademark vocabulary and Wikidata.

Structure

Subclass of: gufo:Relator

Practical Pattern

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

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

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to reify a trademark right over a mark when its holder, registration number, or ™/®/status must be recorded — distinct from the mark itself (gmeow:Mark).

Avoid when

• Avoid conflating the right with the sign it protects (the brand/logo is a gmeow:Mark) and avoid deleting a lapsed registration — keep it and set gmeow:trademarkStatusExpired with gmeow:validUntil (Principle 10).

How to use

• Mint one Trademark, bind it to its gmeow:Mark with gmeow:trademarkMark, attribute the proprietor with gmeow:trademarkHolder, carry gmeow:registrationNumber and gmeow:trademarkStatus; link from the entity with gmeow:hasTrademark.

Examples

• ex:blackcatTM a gmeow:Trademark; gmeow:trademarkMark ex:blackcatMark; gmeow:trademarkHolder ex:blackcat; gmeow:trademarkStatus gmeow:trademarkStatusRegistered.

Use For Consumers

• gmeow:consumerPublicSite
• gmeow:consumerWikidata