Royal Tryst With Trademark Law

Royal Symbols often include the royal coat of arms, royal crest, insignias, badges etc., they are distinguishing marks or sign adopted by a person, a family, or an organization.

Most of the Royal Symbols date back to medieval times. These Royal Symbols have been used for identification of knights in battles and kingdoms through the course of history. With the passage of time these Royal Symbols became an important part of the heritage and cultural identity of royal families. The words, names, figures and/or combined symbols were carefully crafted and adopted as per the socio-cultural values and beliefs of that family/organization. They were the original source identifiers.

With development and modernization these Royal Symbols aka trademarks evolved into flags of different countries, presidential seals, medals, and even corporate logos.