The Danish Minister to the Secretary of State.
Washington, D. C., March 19, 1907.
Mr. Secretary of State: By order of my Government I have the honor to beg that your excellency will kindly let me know whether the Government of the United States would be disposed to conclude an arrangement with the Government of the King for the reciprocal protection in China of the trade-marks of the citizens of our two countries when the said trade-marks are duly registered in the country of the infringer.
Should the Government of the United States be disposed to conclude such an arrangement, the King’s Government would take the necessary measures to have Danish subjects who would infringe in China an American trade-mark duly registered in Denmark brought before the Danish consular court at Shanghai and eventually punished in accordance with the provisions of the law of Denmark.
The Government of the King would expect the Government of the United States to take similar measures in regard to American citizens who might violate in China the privilege of a Danish subject whose trade-mark is duly registered in the United States.
I am authorized to add that my Government would be very glad if such an arrangement could be effected by means of an exchange of notes between your excellency and me.
Hoping that your excellency will see no objection to assenting to this proposal of my Government, I beg you to accept, Mr. Secretary of State, the renewed assurance of my high consideration.