New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-15
no JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL CoNGRES@
co,oxp,. srr1.y AND FRANCIS FORBES TO SAID
TO-DAY TO DISCUSS PATENT LAWS.

COLONEL sEELY AND FRANCIS FORBES TO SAID
TO-DAY TO DISCUSS PATENT LAWS.
Colonel A. f. seeiy. of Washington. and Francis
Forbes Of this city. will sail to-day on the serva To
take mart in the international Congress Of The Union
for the Protection of Industrial Property, winch meets
at Madrid on April !. The appointment; of Messrs
scely and Forbes, who will join Minister Palmer
in representing the United states at this Congress,
was reported in The Tribune OF Thursday. Coioi'ei
seely is principal examiner In the Patent oiHce anu
Mr. Forbes is a lawyer who has made specia study
of the laws affecting trade mark patents ana o'her
Industrial property. They talked to IilDnc 10
porter yesterday about the effect OF the treaty Ill
accordance with which the Congress meets on A''e'
lean inventors and its important bearing upon inc
foreign trade in patented manufactures
Mr. Forbes said the treaty not In harmony WIZ"
the United States system Of patents Inc A"no'i''"
patent laws he said. were the most hDer'h III 'ne
world and at the same time the most thoro"Si' III Va
requirements of proof Of novelty III t'o N'Ae"''O
and of priority of claim the part Oh Tue p"'0"'o
In MANY other countries there was no such eAa''ii-
., 90 4, washington into the grounds for the issue
90 na,cnt The application was simply 1ilco auo 'iio
,a+ant ssned I'm due course. Germany was inc DIV
Government which lad adopted the NlhcIi'"" '''
TEN. II, ..,o.r ,ros
The most important article of the treaty was
Article A. the first clause OF which was a. io'l'"
Anv one shall have regularly uepos'''~ 80 -.
t,on for O ratcnt of Invention, Of On mu9S'''" %
dc, of trade or commercial mark, In one oi '0 O
tracing States shall enjoy Tor the purpo'e u
derosit in the other States and under r'rV VI h-
Of third parties a right Of priority u1i"s '' ''''0
iaitcr determined ,,, j., t,c case Of
q countries beyond seas was seven months an az
nication fled in Washington, Therefore o'i '''
dav of June would give priority OF clam III L0"0'"
only until January J. ,, M Forbes.
aThe difficulty with that article sara M 70. 70
ais that we have in this country sys'en ..
,,on before the granting of patent c,o,
more than seven months after an "PF"'"
before the patent can be granted . ,au h.
! one If the articles provides that the treaty S"".
submitted 10 periodical rcvisions. II Is ior ''n F
nose among others, that the congress ,~
vcncs next month has been called y
international protection of Trademarks anu .,
,oi names Mr. Forbes considers of great Nalur " "'
~ 90 srch devices, Article - provides l'' d
con.roI rprcau in switzerland, where eich h'l'Do' ~
,he 1nion shall register. at the request oil lis own
,ors such trade marks are 10 become l"'
and that each Government snail SEM - ' . ~
bureau such trade marks as are Ns'9'''0N -
citizens. , oh irinrv l.
=. Ar nresent~ Mr.. Forbes said, "muon i'"'
~ =. ,r,crica.s south American trade 10y the
~, % hon trademarks by merchants OF hhti''''
and Germany" -, .,. tho
anna same complaint comes from all over '"'
world g said Colonel >ecly. II has come ~ "' W
siam where American cotton goods ana No''''"
,,cre ,cn.. couutcrfrited. one Of the lmi"''''' wa
films +, he considered by the Congress VIII n' mo
false indications Of origin. This = one 81 N''a,
,cr in which II Is hard to draw the lnc' l'H' ,"'
,re,.io7- jrus-,-, carpet ior instance N''ou' WI"
maintain that II 4, necessary 10 prove h'i-' ~
,or q Garnet so named. some manuiac 'ni'' '''" ''
ina, they can say English Brussels Wi'N"' "'''''''
ANYTHING but an American Manufacture l"'' '"'
l. a v-lluuderstood trade name
The first meeting Of the Information" '"''"
hold AT Paris in 1ss3, when plcnpoicniiailc7 81 '-
governments Of Belgium. Brazil. spain, France '''t
nal, Italy. the Netherlands. Portugal S'N''"''
..rvia and switzerland signed treaty oi WHO" -''
,iclc . reads in part as follows:
Tho subjects or citizens Of each Of the contracting
,au civ In all the other States Of the Union 80 l' d.
,oncern. ratents for inventions, trade or
and the commercial name tAe advantages u"t '"' u
tive laws thereof al ~ accord or shall "
cord, to subjects or c4tzci7. 49,. .,, ..
An unsuccessful attempt was made al tha' ''"' ~
cet the Senate to adopt hi. treaty. but WIN ~.
Congress OF lss0 met at Rome, minister 9'1..' 80
tho minutes Of the proceedings WIN a r'yv, 49,
then 10 Tie secpctary Of state. On h@ion -
,he Senate passed the treaty. lIo ~
con ,ress which MEETS IN April VIII be the hi a.
s,nce the United States became "A mchN,L, Il.
,Lr countries alrcady named Great hF,aN e,,'
germany viii send Representatives.. Ndi'1"0i WIN
drew from the union a ie" years ago.