How Brand Names started

September 23, 2008
Intellectual Property News and Interesting Facts

Brands or Brand Names originated in the 19th century with the advent of packaged goods. Industrialization moved the production of many household items, for example soap, from local communities to centralized factories. When shipping their items, the factories would literally burn or brand their logo or insignia onto the barrels or crates that they used, and this is where the term comes from.