1897 - The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce

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,Jained of by Messrs. n-LutsLA ND, SoN & Co. was deferred nutil the monthly
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meeting of the Committee held this afternoon.
The mutter was then considered at some leng·th, and has tl1e Committee's
attention.-! am, &c.,
'l'o )Iessrs. H. H. KuteH & Co.
R. CIIA'l"I'ER'l'ON WILCOX, Secretary.
HoNOKONO, 16th September, 1807.
Sm,-We Leg to acknowledge receipt of yom· fav our of lOth instant,
from which we are pleased to nota that the trade marks matter will ha\'e
the further consideration of your Committee.
As your Committee has taken up the q11~stion
of regist1·ation of trade
marks, it mig·ht be a good opportunity to draw their attention to the very
unsatisfactory way in which notice of such intended reg istr;ltiou is g iven
to the general public, and they might perhaps see their way to recommend
to the Government an alteration of the present system.
For JOur guidance we beg· to enclose several cnttings t~ken
from the
local papers and containing· notices of reg·istration, marked series A nnd ll.
You will observe that the ndvertisement.s marked A are facsimiles of the
trade marks intended for reg·istrntiou, whilst those m:wked B only state that
a certain firm intends to apply fo1· reg istt·ation of ce1·tuin trade marks and
articles, without giving· a description or facsimile of them. Any one desirous
of p~·otecting· himself ag·ninst iufring;ements, or for the sake of keeping
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recorJ the trade marks registered in this Colony, is compelled to g·o to
the Colonial Secretary's Office to fiud out whether there is any o~jection t.o
the regist.rntion.
This involves a g·ood denl of time W