Use this fact situation to answer the related questions that follow. John Bigs has been in business selling T-shirts for three years now.His T-shirts are called "Bigs" and have the silver and red logo design JB on the left front breast area.The entire public knows John's T-shirts by the name Bigs and the logo JB.John has just heard that another company is contemplating making T-shirts like his own using a logo in silver only that reads JB and intends to call them "BGs."
At common law
A)the name Bigs is John's trademark.
B)the logo JB is John's trade name.
C)the name Bigs is John's trade name and the logo JB is his trademark.
D)only the name Bigs is John's trade name,but the logo is not a trademark.
E)the silver and red logo JB is John's trade name.

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Trademarks are used to distinguish products or services from those of another company, while trade names are used to identify a company or business. In this case, John's T-shirts are known by the name "Bigs" and the logo "JB", so "Bigs" is his trade name and "JB" is his trademark. Therefore, the best choice is C.

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