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IV.-Notice explicative.

Modèle de la Marque.

Sceau.

1. La présente marque est constituée par dessin [vignette, objet, dénomination].

2. Iudications générales relatives à la marque.

3. Designation de la classe et de la catégorie de marchandises à laquelle la marque s'applique.

4. Mode d'emploi de la marque.

(Nom et prénoms.)

V.-Certificat délivré par le Bureau d'Enregistrement du Ministère du Commerce.

Vu la requête présentée par le commerçant

de la province de

pour demander l'enregistrement aux fins d'usage exclusif d'une marque commerciale, notre Bureau, après avoir constaté que les déclarations, portées à la notice explicative, sont en complète conformité avec les prescriptions du Règlement d'Essai sur l'Enregistrement des Marques de Fabrique, a dûment accordé l'euregistreinent avec le droit d'usage exclusif pour vingt années.

En foi de qui le présent acte est délivré pour certifier que le droit d'usage_exclusif comptera à dater du jour de l'émission du présent acte du [an, mois, jour), pour expirer le [an, mois, jour],

[Indication de la nature des marchandises auxquelles s'applique la marque.]

Le présent est délivré à Série Numéro

Kuang Hen [aunée, hune, jour],

pour être gardé par lui,

Délivré par

(Signature.) (Signature.)

VI.–Certificat délioré par le Bureau d'Enregistrement des Marques de Fubrique au Ministère du Commerce de l'Empire Chinois.

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demandant

Vu la requête présentée par le commerçant

, de nationalité l'enregistrement d'une marque de fabrique à son usage exclusif'; vu les déclarations portées à la notice explicative (à ajouter, s'il y a en enregistrement à l'étranger, et desquelles il résulte que l'enregistrement a déjà cu lieu en

, à la date du

, correspondant à du calendrier Chinois), notre Bureau, après avoir constaté qu'il a été complétement satisfait aus prescriptions du Règlement sur l'Enregistrement des Marques Commerciales, a dûment accordé Fenregistrement, avec droit d'usage exclusif, pour une période de

années.

En foi de quoi le présent acte est délivré pour certifier que le droit d'usage exclusif compteru à dater de [an, mois, jour], pour expirer le [an, mois, jour},

[Indication de la nature des marchandises auxquelles la marque s'applique.]

Le présent est délivré à Série Numéro

Kuang Hsü [année, lune, jour],

pour être gardé par lui.

(English Version.)

Délivré par-

(Signature.) (Signature.)

1. Any person or firm, Chinese or foreign, wishing to have the exclusive use of a trade-mark, must have it registered in conformity with the following Rules

Provided that persons or firms who have had lawful use of marks in China prior to the 1st day of the 1st month of the 29th year of Kuang Hsu (January 29, 1903) may either apply to have them registered under these Regulations or may deposit specimens of such marks, with the particulers of the goods on which they were used

and the name of the proprietor. The Registration Office will keep a special list of the marks thus deposited, in the order in which they were presented.

The essential characteristic of a trade-mark is that it must consist of a device, a word, or of letters or characters, or of a brand or stamp, clearly distinctive and easily recognizable, or of the form of the article, of a fancy name, or of any other distinctive sign or combination of the above signs.

It is, however, understood that names of firms, including Hong names and names of Companies, not being trade-marks, shall be protected without registration, whether they form part of a trade-mark or not, and the same applies to words indicating the origin of goods and names of particular places when such words are combined with the name of a firm.

2. The Board of Commerce being charged with all questions relating to the protection of industrial or commercial property, it will be the function of that Board to control the application of the present Regulations.

The Board of Commerce will establish at Shanghae an office which will be charged with carrying out the registration of trade-marks.

3. Applicants may either present their applications direct to the Registration Office or forward them through the Imperial Maritime Customs Offices in the Treaty ports, whence they will be transmitted without delay to the Registration Office.

4. Every application for registration must be accompanied by an explanatory note with a facsimile of the trade-mark in triplicate, and a list of the goods for which it is to be used, according to the classification list attached to these Regulations. The applicant must also furnish a block for printing his trade-mark, which will then be published in the "Trade-marks Gazette."

5. If the application is found to be in order and no objections are raised against it, it will be published in the "Trade-marks Gazette." If no opposition, based on the ground that the registration of such mark would be contrary to the provisions of these Regulations, be made by another party within nine months from the date of publication, registration shall be proceeded with.

In the same way, applications for the deposit of marks in the special list shall be published in the "Gazette."

6. If several applications for registration be made in respect of similar marks for the same class of goods, and which have not yet been used, the first applicant shall be entitled to registration. If the mark has already been used, the applicant who can prove the earliest lawful use shall be entitled to registration. If application be made on the same day in respect of similar marks for the same class of goods, by several parties, none of whom can prove use, all such applications will be refused, unless the parties agree that one of them shall be accorded registration.

When application is made for the registration of a mark identical with or resembling a mark already refused, the consent of the earlier applicant or applicants is necessary before registration will be granted.

7. If, within four months from the date of registration of a trade-mark in a foreign country, application be made for its registration in China, the date of registration abroad will be recognized if the application be accompanied by docu- mentary evidence of the registration abroad.

8. Registration as trade-marks cannot be effected in respect of open marks, that is to say, marks which all or certain classes of traders are in the habit of using on goods of the same kind, and which by those engaged in trade are not considered as proprietary marks. Thus, foreign words cannot be registered as trade-marks for cotton-yarns, sewing cottons, or cotton piece-goods.

Registration will be refused in respect of the following marks :--

(a.) Those likely to injure public order or offending against morality, or calculated

to deceive.

(b) Those embodying seals or designs specially used by the State (e.g., the Imperial seals, official seals, &c.) or consisting of representations of the national flag, the war flag, or of Chinese decorations awarded for merit.

(c.) Marks resembling trade-marks already registered for the same goods or description of goods, or marks resembling trade-marks contained in the special list of

Article 1.

(d.) Marks which are not in accord with the definition laid down in Article 1. 9. The period during which Chinese or foreign merchants shall have exclusive rights in a trade-mark is limited to twenty years from the date of registration.

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