This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
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protection Agreement between Great Britain and Japan should precede the issue of Chinese Regulations.
Japan's manufacture of imitations of foreign goods, even to the names and places. of business of the original makers, is notoriously large, and it is against this injustice and injury to legitimate trade that redress is sought. Chinese imitations are quite unimportant in comparison.
I am, &c.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN,
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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(No. 247.) Sir,
No. 1.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received July 15.)
[July 15.]
SECTION 3. 697
Peking, May 28, 1907. WITH refeience to my despatch No. 166 of the 3rd April, on the subject of the Trade-marks Regulations, I have the honour to inclose a translation and copy of further correspondence exchanged with the Wai-wu Pu respecting an amended draft of the Rules prepared by the Board of Commerce in November 1906, which was forwarded to the foreign Representatives concerned on the 2nd May.
You will observe that there is nothing conceded in the amendments of sufficient importance to justify a reconsideration of the draft of 1906, or its acceptance as a basis for future negotiations, and, in concert with my French and German colleagues, I have informed the Chinese Government that I am transmitting to you translations of the documents for your consideration and instructions.
I inclose copies of the notes addressed to the Wai-wu Pu by my French and German colleagues on this subject.
I have, &c.
(Signed)
J. N. JORDAN.
Inclosure 1 in No. 1.
Wai-wu Pu to Sir J. Jordan.
(Translation.) Sir,
ON receipt of your Excellency's note of the 3rd April, on the subject of the Trade-marks Regulations, this Board at once communicated with the Board of Agriculture, Industry, and Commerce. The latter Board has now replied as
Peking, Kuang Hsü, 33rd year, 3rd month, 20th day (May 2, 1907).
follows:-
"The new Regulations drawn up by this Board in the eighth month of last year were based upon the draft Regulations drawn up by the Ministers in April 1905, and though the order of them is in some respects different, yet in substance they come to the same thing. But as this is a new departure in China, and merchants are not yet familiar with it, it is imperative that the Regulations and classifications should be made more than usually precise and uniform. On receipt of the communication under acknowledgment, this Board again made a careful comparison between the Minister's draft of 1905 and the Board's new Regulations. With the exception of the clause relating to fees, which cannot be accepted, and one or two deficiencies in the Regulations of the Trade-marks Office, which have now been supplied, there are no points of great difference. We have now compared and explained the draft and the Regulations, Article by Article, and sentence by sentence, and have the honour to forward copies of them and of the new draft laws of the Trade-marks Office, which we would request your Board to forward to the British, French, and German Ministers for their consideration, desiring them, if there are still any places not perfectly clear, to state precisely in what clauses they occur, in order that we may consider them. If they cannot point to anything substantial, but only make empty inquiries, then this Board will have to regard these Regulations as complete and final, and will not delay an important measure by further fruitless correspondence."
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