Minister Squiers to
the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Habana, September 1,
1905.
No. 1321.]
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of
department’s instructions No. 519a of July 14, and No. 529a of July 29, with
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reference to the Cuban trade-mark registration
law, and in reply to advise you that the matter was duly brought to the
attention of the Cuban Government with a view to correcting the abuses
complained of.
The Secretary of State has replied to my representations suggesting that
the United States join in the “treaty on patents of invention,
industrial drawings, and models and trade-marks,” a treaty that was
considered during the second conference which took place in Mexico in
1902, and to which President Palma proposes Cuba shall subscribe.
In inclosing a translation of this note I beg to say that I shall make no
further representations, awaiting your instructions.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
The Secretary of State and
Justice of the Republic of Cuba to Minister
Squiers.
Department of State and Justice,
Division of
State,
August 26,
1905.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to
acknowledge receipt of your excellency’s note No. 745 of the 22d
instant, inviting my attention to the statements made by the
National Association of Manufacturers of America to the Department
of State of the United States relative to the pirating of
unregistered trademarks in Cuba and requesting my views on the
subject or any suggestion which will put a stop to the abuses
complained of.
Complying with your excellency’s wish, I beg to state that I have
read with care the aforesaid statements and gather therefrom that
the legislation regarding the matter is entirely different in our
two countries to the extent that to make them alike, even on the
point raised by the National Association of Manufacturers, reforms
would have to be made on our side by the legislative power; but in
lieu of an early innovation in this sense permit me to suggest that
the United States adhere to the convention on trade-marks signed by
the delegates of the American Republics during the second conference
which took place in Mexico in 1902, for the President of the
Republic has just proposed to the senate the adhesion of Cuba, and
both nations adhering thereto, trade-marks registered in either of
them would be duly protected.
I take, etc.,
