misdescriptive

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adjective law In United States trademark law, the tendency for a trademark to mislead consumers about the qualities of the product represented by the mark; for example, "Superhealth Yogurt" would be a misdescriptive trademark for a yogurt that was very high in fat.

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The difference between deceptively misdescriptive and deceptive turns on whether consumers are likely to base a purchasing decision on the presence of fruit — again, reasonably likely, it seems to me, and yet the court found the prospect so unreasonable that it was willing to dismiss the complaint.

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