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title: "History of trademark"  
description: "A brief explanation about the origin of trademark and its interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-11-10  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3197/history-of-trademark  
category: "education, international"  
tags: ["trademark", "education", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# History of trademark

![History of trademark](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/988a0885-2f66-482c-91f8-6bcd7010b09e/images/081b5a65-5852-40e9-9666-f97e1be59136.jpeg) ![History of trademark](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/988a0885-2f66-482c-91f8-6bcd7010b09e/images/dc35fd29-33dd-4c53-9f1b-80d1a26da071.jpeg) Since the beginning of time, the earliest days of commerce, trademarks have been used by dealers and merchants to identify their goods and services. ![History of trademark](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/988a0885-2f66-482c-91f8-6bcd7010b09e/images/e4dcdd18-ecba-42e9-aebd-7f62a990a097.jpeg) Examples are ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian pottery marks, Chinese paper watermarks, and mediaeval European merchant marks. ![History of trademark](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/988a0885-2f66-482c-91f8-6bcd7010b09e/images/eb64accb-7c2f-4c5b-9a1c-bb7e0690792e.jpeg) The Industrial Revolution resulted in the creation of a trademark registration system, leading to the passage of England's first trademark law in 1875 ![History of trademark](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/988a0885-2f66-482c-91f8-6bcd7010b09e/images/81354a75-0696-4b5e-950c-0df709c6cf88.jpeg) In 1883, the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property established global principles for trademark registration and protection. ![History of trademark](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/988a0885-2f66-482c-91f8-6bcd7010b09e/images/40cde7d7-62d0-4967-abf6-e94649dd220a.jpeg) Fast forward to today, it is essential in the global economy as they allow businesses to build, protect, and recognise trusted goods and services.

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