File No. 4968/–2.
Minister Gummeré to the Secretary of State.
Tangier, February 16, 1907.
Sir: I have the honor to report that I have received from the British minister at Tangier a lettera suggesting the utility of the extension by our respective consular authorities at Morocco to patents of invention the same protection which is now accorded to trademarks. To this end he informs me that “protection will be accorded by the British consular tribunals in Morocco to American patents of invention which have been duly registered in Great Britain in conformity with patents, designs, and trade-marks acts, 1883–1888,” on condition that protection, under the same conditions, will be assured in Morocco by the American authorities to English patents of invention, and asks me to communicate to him my opinion on this subject. I have the honor to inclose herewith a translation of the said letter.
I replied to his excellency’s letter informing him that I would submit to my Government his proposition regarding the extension to patents of invention the arrangement which is in force with respect to trade-marks and would inform him of the decision on the subject. I have the honor to inclose herewith a translation of my said reply.a
May I beg that the department will instruct me as to their decision on this subject.
I am, etc.,