trademark holder

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

The agent that holds a trademark (the proprietor). A specialisation of gmeow:wasAttributedTo. Non-functional: a mark may be jointly held.

Structure

Property shape: object property; gmeow:Trademark -> gmeow:Agent Sub-property of: gmeow:wasAttributedTo

Practical Pattern

Use gmeow:trademarkHolder from gmeow:Trademark to gmeow:Agent when the relationship itself belongs in the native GMEOW graph.

Common Companion Terms

gmeow:wasAttributedTo, gmeow:Trademark, gmeow:Agent

Usage Advice

Use when

• Use to attribute a trademark to its proprietor agent(s) — the trademark-side rights-holder attribution, reusing gmeow:wasAttributedTo.

Avoid when

• Avoid minting a parallel hasHolder property (this specialises gmeow:wasAttributedTo) and avoid collapsing joint proprietors into one — co-equal holders coexist, so it is non-functional.

How to use

• Add one or more gmeow:trademarkHolder agents to a Trademark (non-functional for joint holdings), mirroring gmeow:copyrightHolder on the copyright side.

Examples

• ex:blackcatTM gmeow:trademarkHolder ex:blackcat.

Use For Consumers

• gmeow:consumerPublicSite
• gmeow:consumerWikidata