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T TikiTacky Member Joined: Nov 23, 2010 Posts: 1319	T TikiTacky Posted posted on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 1:13 PM Here's some information I found: "The first corporate records belong to Otagiri Mercantile Company, Inc., a California Corporation with offices in San Francisco. According to information available, OMC filed with the trademark in December 1977. The trademark was "Otagiri." The trademark was registered February, 1980. A trademark for "Hand Crafted Otagiri Original" label was registered in February 1979. Trademark information indicates this was first used in 1970. On August 26, 1980 OMC registered its gold OMC label. The patent information indicates the trademark was first used in 1961. " Source: http://www.pastwares.com/otagiri-collectibles.html The trademark search I did showed 1947 as the first use, so that's not terribly helpful. I'm not sure how to patent search going back to the 60s, so I came up short there as well.

Here's some information I found:

"The first corporate records belong to Otagiri Mercantile Company, Inc., a California Corporation with offices in San Francisco. According to information available, OMC filed with the trademark in December 1977. The trademark was "Otagiri." The trademark was registered February, 1980. A trademark for "Hand Crafted Otagiri Original" label was registered in February 1979. Trademark information indicates this was first used in 1970. On August 26, 1980 OMC registered its gold OMC label. The patent information indicates the trademark was first used in 1961. " Source: http://www.pastwares.com/otagiri-collectibles.html

The trademark search I did showed 1947 as the first use, so that's not terribly helpful. I'm not sure how to patent search going back to the 60s, so I came up short there as well.

Post #683315 by TikiTacky on Sun, Jun 23, 2013 1:13 PM