Foreign-Complaint130 t1_it5y1ep wrote on October 21, 2022 at 4:13 AM

Reply to comment by DiabeticPissingSyrup in TIL that the first trademark legislation was passed by the British Parliament under the reign of King Henry III in 1266, which required all bakers to use a distinctive mark for the bread they sold, Bakers’ Marking Law was enacted. by cristianmonroy

This is one of those "claiming the precursor to the thing is the same as the thing" situations.

Rossum81 t1_it7a7fb wrote on October 21, 2022 at 1:28 PM

Right. There were marks used by artisans, craftsmen, smiths and other manufacturers in classical antiquity. This is a slightly different (though analogous) example.

The first trademark law in the modern sense was either in Bohemia under the Austrian-Hungarian Empire or France in 1857.