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In addition to the Canadian Registration, Bagwell-Purefoy registered the

trademark

“

Valezina

”

in Canada on April 12, 1950. The application indicated the

name had been used in the United Kingdom since 1947.

On October 5, 1950 Bagwell-Purefoy was granted German Registration

(D.R.G.M.) Number 1,614,301. His application was accompanied by a more

detailed drawing:

The earliest Valezina corkscrews are marked as on the left MADE IN

ENGLAND, PAT. PEND., REG. DESIGN No. 857,383 (English Registration of

1949). Later examples included the Canadian Reg. Design No. 112-17645 and

dropped the PAT. PEND.