No. 935.
Baron d’Almeirim to Mr. Bayard.
New York , March 23, 1888. (Received March 24.)
Mr. Secretary of State: My Government desires to cause the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property which was signed at Paris November 20, 1880, to be executed with the strictest reciprocity, and has therefore instructed me, in view of the reservations made in the name of this Republic by its representative, to procure for it a complete collection of the laws of the different States of the American Union relative to trade-marks, together with a copy of the act of March 3, 1881, concerning the ownership of foreign marks and of those used by American citizens in their trade with other nations.
My Government likewise desires to be informed whether the provisions of articles 3 to 12 of the convention and those of Nos. 1 to 4 of the final protocol are fully executed in this Republic; also, whether the same usage is accorded, without reserve, to the subjects of foreign powers as to American citizens.
That I may be enabled to obey the instructions of my Government I have recourse to your excellency’s extreme kindness, begging you to be pleased to furnish the desired laws and information.
I avail, etc.,
Consul and Chargé d’Affaires of Portugal.