(This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
December 17.1
SECTION 3.
(No. 441.) Sir,
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received December 17.)
Peking, October 30, 1906. WITH reference to your despatch No. 297 of the 31st August, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith copies of notes which I have exchanged with my Russian colleague relative to the mutual protection of British and Russian trade-marks in China.
You will observe that I have followed as closely as possible the precedent of the notes exchanged by you with the German Ambassador and inclosed in your despatch No. 108 of the 5th April, 1906.
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I have not failed to issue the usual instructions to His Majesty's Consuls nor to inform the Judge of His Majesty's Supreme Court.
I have, &c.
(Signed) J. N. JORDAN,
Inclosure I in No. 1,
M. Pokotilow to Sér J. Jordan.
Legution Impériale de Russie, Pékin,
le 29 Octobre, 1906.
M. le Ministre et cher Collègue,
LE Gouvernement Impérial étant désireux d'arriver à un accord avec le Gouverne- ment de la Grande-Bretagne concernant la protection réciproque en Chine des marques de fabrique et de commerce dûment enregistrées en Russie et en Angleterre, j'ai l'honneur de vous informer que je suis autorisé par le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères de Russie de vous déclarer que le Gouvernement de Russie est prêt à donner suite, par l'entremise de ses Tribunaux Consulaires en Chine, à toute demande relative aux contrefaçons des marques de fabrique et de commerce, dûment enregistrées en Russie, commises par des sujets Russes vis-à-vis des ressortissants Anglais.
Je vous serais obligé de vouloir bien m'informer si la même protection serait accordée dans les Tribunaux Consulaires de la Grande-Bretagne en Chine aux marques de fabrique et de commerce, propriété des sujets Russes, régulièrement déposées en Angleterre, qui seraient contrefaites par des sujets Anglais.
Sir,
Veuillez, &c. (Signé) D. POKOTILOW,
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to M. Pokotilow.
Peking, October 30, 1906.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 29th October, in which you are good enough to inform me that you have been authorized by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs to declare that the Russian Government are ready, through their Consular Tribunals in China, to enforce any request relative to infringements of British, trade-marks duly registered in Russia which may be committed by Russian subjects.
In reply I have the honour to inform you that under the Order in Council of the 2nd February, 1899, it is open to a Russian whose trade-mark, duly registered in Great Britain, has been infringed by a British subject in China, to take proceedings against the latter in the British Court provided:
(1.) That the consent in writing of His Majesty's Minister or Chargé d'Affaires be obtained to the prosecution; but (2) such consent may be withheld unless His
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