Trademarks of Toruń enterprises registered for the food industry between 1924 and 1939

Abstract

This article is a synthetic study of the issue of trademarks registered for food products in the interwar period for the benefit of
Toruń enterprises, and at the same time it is the first attempt to take up the subject of trademarks in Toruń – this issue has so far remained outside the interest of researchers. More than 180 copies of the ‘Wiadomości Urzędu Patentowego’ (Patent Office News) from 1924–1939 were used as the primary research source. The main part of the article is preceded by an introduction including basic issues – the definition of a trademark, the history of the trademark in the world and in Poland, the beginnings of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland and the general characteristics of trademarks filed by Toruń enterprises. This is followed by a brief history of the 9 enterprises with a description of the registered trademarks. The article is accompanied by illustrations showing the most important figurative and word and figurative marks registered between 1924 and 1939 for food products.