The Secretary of State to
Minister Rockhill.
Department of State,
Washington, December 21,
1906.
No. 226.]
Sir: Referring to previous correspondence
regarding the project of regulations for the protection of trade-marks
in China, I inclose herewith a copy of a note from the French ambassador
at this capital, stating that his Government sees no objection, to the
addition to Article VII of said project of a clause reading as
follows:
The right of priority shall extend only to such trade-marks as have been
registered in a foreign country after the going into effect of the
law.
When the other powers shall have concurred in the addition above quoted,
the German proposal may be accepted by you, whereupon efforts should be
made to induce China to put the trade-mark regulations into effect.
I am, etc.,
[Inclosure—Translation.]
The French Ambassador
to the Secretary of State.
Embassy of the French Republic to the United
States.
Washington, December 15,
1906.
Mr. Secretary of State: By your letter of
October 15 last your excellency was pleased to inform me that the
Federal Government, after an exchange of views with the cabinet of
Berlin, was prepared to acquiesce in the position of the other
interested powers on the project of regulations for the protection
of trade-marks in China, subject to an addition to be made to
Article VII of the said project.
The additional clause should provide that “the right of priority
shall extend only to such trade-marks as have been registered in a
foreign country after the going into effect of the law.”
I have the honor to inform you that the Government of the Republic,
which I promptly acquainted with your communication, sees no
objection to the above-quoted addition, and has taken pains to
advise the minister of France at Peking in that sense.
Be pleased to accept, etc.,
