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trademarks must be distinctive when selecting a trademark the key characteristic is its distinctiveness the most distinctive marks are fanciful the next distinctive mark is arbitrary then suggestive descriptive and lastly generic coin arbitrary fanciful and suggestive marks are considered inherently distinctive marks and are registered on the principal register the primary registered trademarks maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office the courts group marks into four categories based on the relationship between the mark and its product some marks are afforded more potent rights and therefore more protection the four categories of trade marks from strongest to weakest in terms of being distinctive and protected are one arbitrary and fanciful the strongest to suggestive medium three descriptive which are weak and four generic which have no protection arbitrary or fanciful marks a fanciful mark is an invented word with no dictionary meaning they consist of queen terms f