tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post5342656102778134647..comments2024-03-29T12:23:31.959+00:00Comments on The IPKat: When this Kat doesn't know, he reaches out to Kat readers: what really happened at the dawn of modern commercial trademark use?Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-37377553809565923802017-01-24T10:06:31.262+00:002017-01-24T10:06:31.262+00:00Thanks to all of you who have suggested (or may ye...Thanks to all of you who have suggested (or may yet suggest) sources for further reading.Neil Wilkofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200865773480720037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-89826666472994302512017-01-23T00:12:30.888+00:002017-01-23T00:12:30.888+00:00Dear Neil,
Although I suppose you already heard o...Dear Neil,<br /><br />Although I suppose you already heard of this book, I believe Salvatore Di Palma's recent book "The History of Marks from Antiquity to the Middle Ages" would be of real interest.<br /><br />Yours sincerely,François GRIESMARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02925221901537584485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-64331929809280803062017-01-22T22:21:04.112+00:002017-01-22T22:21:04.112+00:00Dear Neil,
If you are interested, I can e-mail yo...Dear Neil,<br /><br />If you are interested, I can e-mail you the scanned copies of 2 French documents from the 18th Century (1762 & around 1780) reproducing Merchants' trademarks with some comments.<br /><br />Yours Sincerely,<br /><br />François GRIESMAR<br />Siglex France & Siglex Suisse Sàrl<br />E-mail: siglex12@yahoo.com François GRIESMARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02925221901537584485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-78088043494434592092017-01-22T22:18:11.096+00:002017-01-22T22:18:11.096+00:00Dear Neil,
If you are interested, I can e-mail yo...Dear Neil,<br /><br />If you are interested, I can e-mail you scanned copies of 2 French 18th documents (1762 and around 1780) reproducing Merchants' Trademarks with some comments.<br /><br />Yours Sincerely,<br /><br />François GRIESMAR<br />Siglex France & Siglex Suisse Sàrl<br />E-mail: siglex12@yahoo.comFrançois GRIESMARhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02925221901537584485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-30678556526830229802017-01-22T20:56:47.363+00:002017-01-22T20:56:47.363+00:00Marks were widely used in Ancient Rome. There is a...Marks were widely used in Ancient Rome. There is a nice exhibition showing right now in Rome: https://www.google.it/amp/news.nationalpost.com/life/travel/italian-made-in-roma-exhibit-explores-ancient-roman-designer-labels-trademarks/amp<br />Legal remedies of various sorts were also available. These remedies were the basis for Middle Age commentators developments. Anonimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843487545227500184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-17499897296035930092017-01-22T14:33:17.955+00:002017-01-22T14:33:17.955+00:00I am left wondering if this has anything to do wit...I am left wondering if this has anything to do with the US Tam case....<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-54679149938488693502017-01-22T12:57:57.780+00:002017-01-22T12:57:57.780+00:00An early mark?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulfb...An early mark?<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulfberht_swordsKantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-26574860992347848292017-01-22T12:24:37.600+00:002017-01-22T12:24:37.600+00:00Hi Neil,
I suspect that another fruitful avenue o...Hi Neil,<br /><br />I suspect that another fruitful avenue of research might be to look at the use of symbolic and pictorial signs in earlier times, when most of the population was illiterate, so for instance three balls to denote a pawnbroker, or a red and white striped pole for a barber. <br /><br />And according to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pub#Signs" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> the use of signs outside English pubs was mandated by law as long ago as 1393.<br /><br />I can't help thinking that such signs were the natural precursors to the indication of origin which trade marks serve as today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-88985388664394266822017-01-22T11:24:35.132+00:002017-01-22T11:24:35.132+00:00Have you looked at "The Historical Foundation...Have you looked at "The Historical Foundations of the Law Relating to Trade-Marks" by Frank Schechter (the "father" of trade mark dilution)? It gives a quite detailed description of the evolution of (trade) marks from medieval to modern times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com