Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
Thanks for the clarification Niel. The plot thickens as they say. Very cool website you've got there. Congrats on getting the business going and I hope you do very well with it.
Thanks Jimmy - much obliged to you!

The trademark thing can be very interesting - they were jealously guarded and entered into a register, no-one else being allowed to use the mark. However, when a company became defunct, no longer in existence, or the next of kin showed no interest in retaining it, they were up for grabs again.

I have a book about London cutlers and razor makers, and it is amazing how often women retained the mark their dead husband had registered, even if they had to take on skilled labout to keep the brand going - and thats going back to the late 1600s - 1700s.. They discovered emancipation a bit earlier than the rest of the world, I guess.

Regards,
Neil