CO129-449 - Governor Sir May & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1918 [7-9] — Page 438

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28 OCT (3)

434

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Sir,

GOVERNMENT HOUSE.

HONGKONG. 10th. September, 1918.

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With reference to my telegram of the 10th. September, and previous correspondence, I have the honour to

inform you that I have taken your despatch No. 227 of the

47077 10th. October, 1917, as a positive direction that the trade

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marks in question are to be assigned to Messrs. V. and C.

Dunlop unless there be some technical legal obstacle in the

way of such assignment.

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The question of policy being thus settled, the only difficulties which I felt were (a) the difficulty

as to what goodwill it would be necessary and possible to assign with the trade marks, and (b) the difficulty of escer-

-taining the proper consideration for the assignment. It was! to meet the former difficulty that I suggested in my despatch.

Sor

13607. No. 30 of the 21st. January, 1918, that the goodwill of the

piece goods department of Kessrs. Meyerink and Company should

be assigned to Kesers. W. & C. Dunlop. The objection to that

course would have been that Messrs. Heyerink and Company dealt in other cotton and woollen piece goods besides those of Messrs. W. and C. Dunlop, though they had no trade marks of their own in those classes. I may say that the six trade

marks registered in the joint names of Messrs. Meyerink & Co. and Kesars. V. & C. Dunlop are registered in classes 24 and 34

RIGHT HONOURABLE

WALTER LONG, N. P.,

&C..

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