THIS MONTH IN IP HISTO®YSEPTEMBER
September 1, 1953
GM revs up a registration for CORVETTE.
September 2, 2003 - David Agulnik of Vancouver, Canada "peels off" a patent for a Banana Protective Device.
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September 01, 1486 - The first known copyright was granted in Venice, Italy.
The republic of Venice granted its first privilege for a particular book in 1486. It was a special case, being the history of the city itself, the 'Rerum venetarum ab urbe condita opus' of Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus".
September 4, 1888 - George Eastman receives a patent for a box camera.
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September 11, 2012 - Apple Inc. obtains another TM registration for their ubiquitous logo
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September 13, 1966 - Col. Sanders cooks up US TM No. 815,167 for KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN
in connection with restaurant services.
In 1968, Dr. Spencer Silver invented a repositionable adhesive that was strong enough to stick to surfaces but did not leave any residue. Silver had not set out to produce such a glue. He was actually trying to make a very strong adhesive. Instead, on September 12, 1972, he received Patent Number #3691140 for Acrylate Copolymer Microspheres the adhesive used on Post It Notes.
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September 13, 1977 - NEW YORK YANKEES trademark crosses the plate.
alleging use in connection with entertainment services in the nature of baseball exhibitions since 1921.
September 13, 1955 - George de Mestral obtains a patent for a "velvet-type fabric" dubbed: VELCRO
He thought up the idea for this "hook and loop" fabric after observing burrs stuck to his pants. Originally created out of cotton, Mestral later switched to nylon because it was more durable.
September 16, 1857 - Copyright
The words & music to the famous Christmas song "Jingle Bells" was registered by Oliver Ditson and Company under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh."
September 17, 1972 - the pilot episode of M*A*S*H aired on CBS.
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September 24, 1968 - U.S. TM Registration No. 857,667 for the mark
DISNEYLAND in connection with "operation of an amusement and educational park" in IC 041.
September 19, 1876 - Melville Bissell was issued a patent for a carpet-sweeper.
Anna and Melville Bissell owned a shop in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Seeing that sawdust and lint would cling to the carpet (like VELCRO) making it difficult for his wife , Anna, to clean, Melville designed and constructed a carpet sweeper machine. His ingenious design was a success, and word of Bissell's carpet sweeper spread quickly. Melville and Anna loaded their buggy with carpet sweepers and sold them door-to-door, each taking opposite sides of the street. The brushes were made by local women in their homes, then assembled in a room above the store. In 1883 , the first manufacturing plant was built.
Following Melville untimely death in 1889, Anna became America's first female corporate CEO and also became one of the first employers to provide employee health benefits. Under her innovative management, Bissell Inc. became an industry leader, with vaccum cleaners sold in over 60 countries. Anna ran the company until her death in 1934 at age 87.
September 22, 2015 - JUUL Registered for Trademark
A relative newcomer who appeared out of thin vape air, JUUL is already the market leader in its field killing more kids each year than lawn darts and halloween candy combined.
September 30, 1978 - Shiva Ayyadurai obtains a copyright for software known as E-MAIL that he claims to have invented at age 14 while working as a research fellow at the University of Medicine and Dentistry in New Jersey.
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September 30, 1997 - Hui-Chin Su of Taiwan skates away with U.S. patent #5,671,931 for an inline roller skate
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September 30, 1919 -the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company was granted U.S. Registration No. 126760 for the mark CAMEL for “smoking-tobacco and cigarettes.”
based on first use in 1901, CAMEL was registered 100 years ago today and was purportedly the brand of choice among doctors in the 1940s. The CAMEL mark remains in use, the 126760 registration is still in force and thus CAMELS have been killing humans for more than a century!
