CO129-359 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [12] — Page 346

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But we have to decide a I poking when we come to amend it. Shores nor working & consequent revocation in England operate scorke. the patent in Stone Kong? (It

would not be fair or useful.

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the patent being worked

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a condition & contemmed

validity) Personally I incline to the Views that revocation for

here she operate

a

working

revocation in

all Colonies where the obtaining f

An

English patent gives the patenter Ithink it-s-

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a

one

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the right patent in the Colony

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as in Stony Kry

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Lord Crewe

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this appears the logical result recent legislatio

also operate revocation

patin

the same in 16 In all Curun Colonies. Ift New is accept five must be 6 berget Bitif jas gali puli of revoked.

here

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As I understand the matter, the only method of getting patent rights in

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Ill

is take out a patent in

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Latent in England

Hong Kong is it take out Under the recent act this patent is revocable unters worked in England. How suppose the inventor to have contrived some thing specially adapted to be made and used in Hong-Kong, a probable state of affairs ex hypothesi, and The actual state of affairs in this case. how observe, it is impossible for him to be sure of maintaining his patent rights, unters he takes the practically impossible

step of setting ups machinery here to make

thing here, if at all, and is ust wanted! here.

To make the whole matter more unfair and, indeed, absurd, if he works the invention here and not in Hong-Kong he retains his Hong-Kong rights, if he works his invention in Hong Kong and not here, he losesting Hong Kong rights.

which cannot be so well made

I would be

Easy

to pass legislation in

Hong-Kong making revocation dependent. failure to work in the here or inttouy koy, and I Suggest

of that action should be taken accordingly.

T.O.

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