"Old Series" Trademark #1, Delahanty, Shelly & Co. Soda Water Application for Trademark Registration

Delahanty, Shelly & Co. registered the first trademark in California on May 18, 1861, for soda water bottles. California's State Legislature passed "An Act Concerning Certain Trade-marks" (Chapter 478, Statutes of 1861) in 1861, allowing persons engaged in manufacturing or bottling certain beverages to have such trademark, or name, as he deemed proper, stamped on, or blown in, bottles. Persons wishing a trademark for bottled beverages had to file a claim and a description of the mark with their County Clerk and a duplicate with the Secretary of State. The Act made it unlawful for any person other than the registered owner to use, sell, or have in his possession, any bottle, for which a trademark had been acquired under the provisions of the Act. Identification Information: "Old Series" Trademark #1, California Secretary of State's Office, Trademarks.