The search for the mot juste is not a pedantic fad by a vital necessity.
Words are our precision tools.
Imprecision engenders ambiguity and hours are wasted in removing verbal misunderstandings before the argument of substance can begin. Thus, a commodity seams to be very similar, if not equal, to personal property, recognized by its bundle of rights. Consequently, in order to answer whether a trademark registration record is a commodity, we first need to establish how the above bundle of rights applies to trademark records. Let us individually examine each right from the personal property's bundle of rights and determine if it can be applied to trademarks. A trademark record is used to signal to others that a particular mark is used by someone already.