Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes > Chapter 481A - Uniform Deceptive Trade Practice Act

• Abuse: means the misuse of a substance or the use of a substance to an extent deemed deleterious or detrimental to the user, to others, or to society. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Article: means a product as distinguished from its trademark, label, or distinctive dress in packaging. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481A-2
• Certification mark: means a mark used in connection with the goods or services of a person other than the certifier to indicate geographic origin, material, mode of manufacture, quality, accuracy, or other characteristics of the goods or services or to indicate that the work or labor on the goods or services was performed by members of a union or other organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481A-2
• Collective mark: means a mark used by members of a cooperative, association, or other collective group or organization to identify goods or services and distinguish them from those of others, or to indicate membership in the collective group or organization. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481A-2
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the department of law enforcement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Drug: means :
  (1) Substances recognized as drugs in the official United States Pharmacopoeia, official Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the United States, or official National Formulary, or any supplement to any of them;
  (2) Substances intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animals;
  (3) Substances (other than food) intended to affect the structure or any function of the body of man or animals; and
  (4) Substances intended for use as a component of any article specified in clause (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• Mark: means a word, name, symbol, device, or any combination of the foregoing in any form or arrangement. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481A-2
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means individual, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Person: means an individual, corporation, government, or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, unincorporated association, two or more of any of the foregoing having a joint or common interest, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481A-2
• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• System: means an electronic prescription accountability system as described in part VIII. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 329-1
• Trade name: means a word, name, symbol, device, or any combination of the foregoing in any form or arrangement used by a person to identify the person's business, vocation, or occupation and distinguish it from the business, vocation, or occupation of others. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481A-2
• Trademark: means a mark used by a person to identify goods and to distinguish them from the goods of others. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 481A-2