This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[40338]
No. 1.
[December 1.]
SECTION 2.
(No. 407.) Sir,
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received December 1.)
Peking, October 12, 1906.
WITH reference to your despatch No. 238 of the 23rd July, transmitting copies of correspondence regarding the objection taken by the United States' Government to section 25 of the draft Trade-marks Regulations and the proposal made by the United States' Secretary of State that the section should be amended as follows:-
"All demands of registration made by means of the competent Chinese authorities before the going into force of the present Regulation shall be considered as assimilated to the right of priority provided by section 7, and shall be effective from their dates,"
I have the honour to state that the proposed amendment does not appear to me to minimize the advantage which citizens of the United States would possess over others who were prepared to accept the section in its original form, and have not, therefore, lodged applications for the registration of their marks. As, however, Mr. Rockhill informed me to-day that his Government had consulted him by telegraph about a month ago with reference to the section in question, and that he had advised them to withdraw the objection made and to fall into line with the other Powers, it is not unlikely that the United States' Government will now be prepared to accept the section as it stands.
In this connection I may mention that I received on the 8th instant a private letter from the Board of Commerce forwarding a French translation of an entirely new set of draft Trade-marks Regulations, and replied that the subject is still under negotiation between the Wai-wu Pu and the foreign Representatives.
I have, &c.
(Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
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This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]
CHINA TRADE.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[40338]
No. 1.
[December 1.]
SECTION 2.
(No. 407.) Sir,
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.-(Received December 1.)
Peking, October 12, 1906. WITH reference to your despatch No. 238 of the 23rd July, transmitting copies of correspondence regarding the objection taken by the United States' Government to section 25 of the draft Trade-marks Regulations and the proposal made by the United States' Secretary of State that the section should be amended as follows:-
"All demands of registration made by means of the competent Chinese authorities before the going into force of the present Regulation shall be considered as assimilated to the right of priority provided by section 7, and shall be effective from their dates,"
I have the honour to state that the proposed amendment does not appear to me to minimize the advantage which citizens of the United States would possess over others who were prepared to accept the section in its original form, and have not, therefore, lodged applications for the registration of their marks. As, however, Mr. Rockhill informed me to-day that his Government had consulted him by telegraph about a month ago with reference to the section in question, and that he had advised them to withdraw the objection made and to fall into line with the other Powers, it is not unlikely that the United States' Government will now be prepared to accept the section as it stands.
In this connection I may mention that I received on the 8th instant a private letter from the Board of Commerce forwarding a French translation of an entirely new set of draft Trade-marks Regulations, and replied that the subject is still under negotiation between the Wai-wu Pu and the foreign Representatives.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
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