Today in Trademark History: 9/30

On September 30, 1930, the MOTOROLA mark was first registered as a U.S. trademark for “radio receiving sets.”  U.S. Registration No. 275837 is no longer in force, having expired in 1992, but the MOTOROLA name lives on.

By Joe Haupt from USA [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.

By Joe Haupt from USA [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.