Show FARM NAMES MAY BE TRADE MARKED the united states patent office recently approved and published in the patent office gazette a trademark covering the name of 0 the tarm farm of an iowa farmer ledru C willits the lariner farmer in whose name the trademark trade mark was issued Is a 1 breeder of purebred hogs cattle 1 and sheep the name of 0 the farm las trade marked Is hawkeye to I 1 the knowledg knowledge go of livestock men in the united states department of agriculture ri mr willits Is the first stockman and probably the first I 1 farmer to obtain a united states trademark trade mark for his tarm farm there is nothing in the law to prevent it but apparently no one thought of it before it if a farmer uses his farm name and trademark trade mark as part ot of his selling operation in disposing of what he be produces tile trademark trade mark protects the owner of 0 the farm in its use in interstate commerce several states slates have laws which authorize the registration ot of farm names with the state slate authorities but a trademark trade mark registered by the government protects tile the use of the farm name outside ot of the state in which ithe the farm Is located |