C 2150
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His Majesty the King of Great Britain and His Majesty
the Emperor of Japan being desirous to secure in
China reciprocal protection for the inventions designs and trade marks of their respective subjects and citi-
zens have resolved to conclude a Convention for that
purpose and have named as their Plenipotentiaries that
is to say &c. &c.
Article 1
Inventions, Designs, and Trade Marks duly patent-
ed or registered by the subjects of one High Contracting
Party in the appropriate office of the other Contracting
Party, shall enjoy, in all parts of China the same pro-
tection against infringement or misuse by the subjects
of such other Contracting Party as in the country where
patented or registered and consequently in case of such infringement or misuse, the aggrieved party shall have
in the competent Courts of such other Contracting Party
the same rights and remedies as the subjects of such
other Contracting Party, without being compelled to
submit to any other or more onerous conditions than such
subjects.
The provisions of this Convention in respect of
Designs and Trade Marks shall be deemed to extend to
the application to goods of any figures words or marks, or arrangements or combination thereof, whether includ-
ing a trade mark or not, which are reasonable calculated
to lead persons to believe that the goods are the manu-
facture or merchandize of some person other than the
person whose merchandize or manufacture they really are.
Article II
Each High Contracting Party engages to extend
to
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