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Mr.
Mr. Bottomley.
Mr. E. J. Harding.
Sir J. Shuckburgh.
Sir G. Grindle.
Sir C. Davis.
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11 APR 1928
April, 1928.
Sir,
Sir S. Wilson.
Mr. Ormsby-Gore.
Lord Lovat.
Mr. Amnery.
DRAFT.
THE COMPTROLLER,
(C.12313/26)
INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT,
BOARD OF TRADE.
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No. 88 14th Feb.
No.1.)
With further reference to
your letter of the 16th June, 1926,
I.P.D.26054/21211, I am, etc., to
transmit to you a copy of a despatch
from the Governor of Hong Kong
submitting a draft bill to amend the
Registration of United Kingdom
Patents Ordinance, 1925, and to make
certain provisions with regard to
Letters patent granted under the
Patents Ordinance 1892.
2.
Subject to the concurrence
Fur action as in the
Genty minulé
of the Board of Trade, the Secretary
of State proposes to inform the
Governor that he approves the intro-
duction of the Bill.
3.
Mr. Amery is advised that
the local interpretation of Section 7
of the Principal Ordinance is correct,
and
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and that legislation, to provide that
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privileges shall date from the date
of registration in Hong Kong, as
proposed in para. 6 of the S. of S.'s
1926,
despatch of the 23rd of June,/ copy
of the draft of which was enclosed
(c. 10978/26)
in the letter from this Department of
it
the 12th of June, 1926, is therefore
unnecessary & pass
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(Signed) G. GRINDLI
age 9
age 9
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Sir,
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I have the honour to submit for your
consideration six copies of a draft bill to amend the
Registration of United Kingdom Patents Ordinance, 1925, and
to make certain provisions with regard to letters patent
granted under the Patents Ordinance, 1892. The point on
which I a. in doubt is as to whether the draft bill carries
out the instructions contained in paragraph 6 of your
despatch No.182 of the 23rd June, 1926.
2.
I an advised that the practical effect of
section 7 of the principal Crdinance, Crdinance o.15 of 1925, appears to be to make the protection operative only from the date of registration in ong Kong, and that the section expressly provides that the protection terminates with the United Kingdom protection. You may, however, require some alteration of the bill on one or other of these
two points.
3.
I am not of opinion that applications not made within the three years prescribed by the principal Crdinance should be subject to any higher fee. This would to my mind be unfair in the case of patents which were already three years old at the commencement of Ordinance
THE RIGHT HONCURABLE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL 1.0.1.S. AMERY, 11.P.,
&C.,
&c.,
&c.
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