'Made in Sheffield. Trade marks, the Cutlers' Company and the defence of Sheffield' in C Binfield & D Hey (eds), Mesters to Masters. A history of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire

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Author(s) Higgins, David, business historian
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1997
Pages pp85-114
Publisher Oxford University Press
Place Published Oxford

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Name Intellectual property inc patents, trade marks, designs & copyright inc management

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Traces the use of corporate trade marks and especially the geographic mark 'Made in Sheffield' by Sheffield cutlers, toolmakers, etc, and the commercial reasons for doing so; the need to protect the Sheffield mark from misuse by non-Sheffield manufacturers; the work of the Cutlers' Company on behalf of the industry in its defence both domestically and internationally including registration of the mark, circumstances when it could be used, etc, etc