Berserk comes from Old Norse berserkr, which combines ber-(bear) and serkr (shirt). According to Norse legend, berserkrs were warriors who wore bearskin coverings and worked themselves into such frenzies during combat that they became immune to the effects of steel and fire.
n. ( 1 Abbr. TM) A name, symbol, or other device identifying a product, officially registered and legally restricted to the use of the owner or manufacturer. 2  A distinctive characteristic by which a person or thing comes to be known: the shuffle and snicker that became the comedian's trademark. Back in the 19th century the Bass & Co Brewery used a Red Triangle logo for their pale ale and in 1876 this logo went on the become Britain's first trademark and as far as we could find, the world's first trademark. Bass Pale Ale Trademark. Page Sponsored By: Arcade Force Gaming Directory.
The Lanham Act was not the first federal legislation on trademarks, but it was the first comprehensive federal legislation. Before the Lanham Act, most of trademark law was regulated by a variety of state laws. The first federal trademark legislation was passed by Congress in 1870 and amended in 1876.In 1879 the U.S. Supreme Court found that legislation unconstitutional.he Lanham Act gives trademark users exclusive rights to their marks, thereby protecting the time and money invested in those marks. The act also serves to reduce consumer confusion in the identification of goods and services.