JUNIOR USER

junior user.Trademarks. A person other than the first person to use a trademark. • A junior user may be permitted to continue using a mark in areas where the senior user’s mark is not used, if the junior user did not know about the other user, and was the first user to register the mark. — Also termed second user; latecomer. See INNOCENT JUNIOR USER. Cf. SENIOR USER.

[Cases: Trade Regulation 66.1. C.J.S. Trade-Marks, Trade-Names, and Unfair Competition §§ 29–30.]

[Blacks Law 8th]