By the President of the United States of America
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas a Patent Agreement between the United States of America and the German Empire was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington on the twenty-third day of February, one thousand nine hundred and nine, the original of which Agreement being in the English and German languages is word for word as follows:
The President of the United States of America and His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, in the name of the German Empire, led by the wish to effect a full and more operative reciprocal protection of patents, designs, working patterns, and models in the two countries, have decided to conclude an agreement for that purpose and have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries:
- The President of the United States of America, Mr. Robert Bacon, Secretary of State of the United States; and
- His Majesty the German Emperor, King of Prussia, His Excellency Count von Bernstorff, His Ambasssador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States;
Who, after having communicated each to the other their respective full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the following articles:
Article I.
The provisions of the laws applicable, now existing or hereafter to be enacted of either of the Contracting Parties, under which the nonworking of the patent, working pattern (Gebrauchsmuster), design or model carries the invalidation or some other restriction of the right, shall only be applied to the patents, work patterns (Gebrauchsmuster), designs or models enjoyed by the citizens of the other Contracting Party within the limits of the restrictions imposed by the said Party upon its own citizens. The working of a patent, working pattern (Gebrauchsmuster), design or model in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties shall be considered as equivalent to its working in the territory of the other Party.
[Page 265]Article II.
This Agreement shall take effect from the date of its promulgation and remain in force until the expiration of 12 months following the notice of termination given by one of the Contracting Parties.
Article III.
The present Agreement shall be ratified and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington as soon as possible.
In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have executed the present Agreement and affixed their seals thereunto.
Done in duplicate in the English and German languages at Washington this 23rd day of February, 1909.
Robert Bacon [seal]
J. Bernstorff [seal]
And whereas the said Agreement has been duly ratified on both parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in the City of Washington, on the fourteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nine;
Now, therefore, be it known that I, William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America, have caused the said Agreement to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
By the President:
Alvey A.
Adee,
Acting Secretary of
State.