N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 33.01: Trade-mark defined

§ 33.01. Trade-mark defined. A "trade-mark" is a mark used to indicate

the maker, owner or seller of an article of merchandise, and includes,

among other things, any name of a person, or corporation, or any letter,

word, device, emblem, figure, seal, stamp, diagram, brand, wrapper,

ticket, stopper, label, or other mark, lawfully adopted by him, and

usually affixed to an article of merchandise to denote that the same was

imported, manufactured, produced, sold, compounded, bottled, packed or

otherwise prepared by him; and also a signature or mark, used or

commonly placed by a painter, sculptor or other artist, upon a painting,

drawing, engraving, statue or other work of art, to indicate that the

same was designed or executed by him.