The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-30
PArrvrs' AND rRADEnrARKA
Work of the Commission Now Engaged In
Revising Laws REGARDING Them.


"'r Connnionr oW Ehheheo IN
S A
commission, consisting OF Peter =. GROSS
CUP OF chicago. United States District Judge Tor
the Northern district oil Ilnnols; Francis Forbes
OF New YORK. Secretary OF the United states
trademark Association. ana Arthur T. greeley
OF washington. Assistant Commissioner OF
Patents has been appointed By President Mo
hinley under the provisions OF an act OF Con-
eress approved on June :. 70 revise and
amend the laws OF the United States concern
ing patents. trade and other marks, and trade
or commercial names. which shall be In force at
the time such commission shall make Its hnalre-
tanned in or affected by the convention for the
protection OF Industrial M 1Sdn property concluded at
Paris March ~. 1esS. the agreements under
T TssT OnS e tno nrO O1nU,uo oSo ~ %1I h1 th Hp oon,a a.
80 hO - .n1 49, s auopVvu DSS"nen.
the iows 81 other nations rslatine 10 notsnts
Olal names"
Lhe nrSs meeting OF the eommisslon was
E.s held with in Ess a inventors vent . manu-;
Hn.S.fno = - ~ ""solo' ~
O OI"n !, n tine Io,,Go OF T 1no movement move mns. ana tine tine
be held in New York on Nov. 10; and the final
Nov. %. The commission has been instructed
to present its report to Congress in December.
uniformity h%S OU,Vi IN i in SrS iOniI patent law It through S >
the enactment Of statutes enforcing the pro
Visions sama t,r o, .. the m,a ra tho I SoGySnetUn ana 10 th az o ono
Santjon ~" so =, t ~ orord ro,io, 90 Amarioar i-
rontora SosI-,OS ~ ,atnnt tboin ,nnont,on.
U SsroOs' d RsdIoai oh to Pase nrs ,5 nronos ,nyS IN In%s
per.aln,ne y" traaemarHs, anI H .sa VIII
the international ResietTatlon q T,rade%arks.
Tbs eonyention CONCLUDED at Paris on March
International Union ipT the ProtectioD q In;
dnstrial Property, IN which the governments Of
Italy, the Netherlends, Portugal. salvedsoSr1
S fSs I9n,, and ssE ystss lanai HtFbSiis s nnfon ann I'M Ky
iSiloS SE5seS ns SsstY Countries Salails lais sH,SS sIsnldeS
Inehtr adneslon 70 tns coanentIon Denmark
E Rria fn' x fffhr0SS e Ia!' 2Sslfap q" and DGGn Qussens SeSa.
Norway; Swede1; and InnlIsa o AsustrrlhSIhhnngar
G SStion n9 ~ Ts9 q Gahies'1 pSti II l9Is w ann t ssl Ense5r
withdrew on Sept; 9; 1855 I'll,
although this c9nventi9n Is IN effect an In
jia aysI ; enjoy n Ky pFlSSi dsS Z S SSsd arc Gsd dSPTied iSo
priority y JRTSyinSS the dSts Of NY IRSyenfI9Sa, 9;
p T9ePi 1Fs Scc sISieSSi 70 % so oreGrs1 in Vn 5 T!f ands OF
the American patent Laws begins not with the
date at which ne actually, made the Invention
or with the date at whtch, no first filed an appli-
cation for patent for the Invention In any
country. but With the date at which the inven-
ton or description OF 1t was made known in
Of priority begins with the date at which the
Another important matter that will come be-
fore, the commission, and probably, form the
subject OF an urgent recommendation. Is the
proposed modification OF the feature Of the con-
vention relating to " delay OF priority" At the
present time the practice OF most foreign coun-
tries does not admit or provide for modification
OF original applications; and, as the convention
requires inventors to hle ar, exact copy OF the
application for patent In theirown country with
often find themselves anplyinR for patents, In
that have been declared not patentablei In this
country. To make the convention OF practical
value to American inventors, PROVISION must
be made for filing copies OF amended applica-
tons instead Of the original petition. This
feature Is OF value. as 1t would extend the time
In which inventors could determine whether
patents are desirable In foreign countries.
It is commended that the laws OF. the United
States relating TO- trademarks need general re-
used in foreign countries can be registered,
and restrictions are made denying the use OF
regional or territorial titles or family names.
But the principal complaint Is based upon the
1act that American manufacturers are obliged
to. submit to the expense, Inconvenience and
delay occasioned by individual and separate
registration In, foreign countries. although
this country IL extending to citizens of