Cuba. Trade Marks. Designs. Models. Oppositions. Publication. Decree of Sept. 9, 1915. Correction. Attention is called to the fact that the word "Trade Mark" should be substituted for "Patent" in the sub-heading of the translation of the above mentioned decree published in 14 P. & T. M. Rev., 197 (April, 1916). THE NORRIS PETERS COMPANY We make a specialty of the preparation of drawings for filing with applicaons for patents in all of the patent granting countries of the world. We reproduce file wrappers and contents; court exhibits; enlargements for court use; briefs and manuscript. Cuts prepared for the registration of trade marks in foreign countries. Our plant is thoroughly equipped for all kinds of lithography, photolithography, embossing, engraving, etc. WRITE US FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND PRICES 458 & 460 Pennsy`vania Avenue Washington, D. C. Position as Assistant Wanted Expert draftsman; specification writer; expert in automatic machinery; consulting, electrical, and mechanical engineer; wishes to work under trained attorney on a small salary, for experience and a future. Address: HORTON, 81 Halsey Street, Brooklyn, New York. Advertisements.. Austria. Austria. Patent Office. Retirement of the President, Baron Beck de Mannagetta. Statutory Rules, 1916, No. 65, of April 19, 1916. (Text). Chili. Trade Marks. Proposed Law. Status. Postponement of Consideration.. Great Britain. Patents. Applications. Reference to Prior Specification Required. Re- 288 260 261 262 261 Effective Sept. 16, 1915. (Translation). South African Union. Patents. Law (Consolidating and Amending). Patents, Designs, Trade Marks, and Copyright Act, 1916. Assented to April 15, 1916. Patent and Trade Mark Review Copyright, 1915, by Wm. Wallace White A monthly journal for the publication of new Edited and Published by RICHARDS & CO., WOOLWORTH BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY. Thirteen Volumes of the Review have been completed, the first beginning with October, 1902, and each subsequent volume with the October issue of the next succeeding year. Volumes 1 to 10 were paged continuously, but in the new series beginning with Volume 11 each volume will be paged independently. Back volumes may be obtained separately or as a set until exhausted. PRICES: Yearly subscription, $2.00; single Copies 25 cents. Per volume, with index, unbound, $2.00; bound in cloth, $2.75; bound in sheep, $3.00. Per set of 13 volumes, with indices; unbound, $19.50; bound in cloth, $29.25; bound in sheep, $32.50. (Expressage prepaid throughout the United States) ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION WHILE THE UTMOST CARE IS TAKEN TO INSURE ACCURACY IN THE MATTER THAT APPEARS IN THE REVIEW, NO RESPONSIBILITY IS ASSUMED ON ACCOUNT OF ERRORS OR MAY OCCUR THEREIN. INACCURACIES WHICH Chili. Trade Marks. Proposed Law. Status. Postponement of Consideration. The latest reports from Santiago are to the effect that the proposed trade mark law (see 14 P. & T. M. Rev., 195), after having been approved by the Chamber of Deputies, failed of endorsement in the Senate, and its consideration has been deferred until the convening of the next Congress. Nigeria. Patents. Proposed Law. We are advised by our Nigerian correspondents that the draft of the New Patents Ordinance has just been published—a step towards the consolidation of the laws in this particular noted in 12 P. & T. M. Rev., 352-and that the Bill, now under consideration, should pass in a few weeks time. It will be remembered that the Protectorates of Northern and Southern Nigeria became amalgamated on Jan. 1, 1914. Mexico. Patents. Trade Marks. Revalidation. Extension of Term to September 30, 1916. According to latest advices received from our Mexican correspondents the term for revalidating patents and trade marks that were granted or registered during the so-called Huerta and Convention Governments has once more been extended from May 31, 1916 (14 P. & T. M. Rev., 132) to September 30, 1916. Holders of Mexican patents or owners of registered Mexican trade marks, who have not as yet availed themselves of the opportunity to revalidate the patents and trade marks in question will do well to do so now, inasmuch as an additional extension of term for revalidation may not be granted. Venezuela. Industrial Property. Unfair Trade. Penalties. Penal Code of 1915. Effective Sept. 16, 1915. (Translation.) SECTION V. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC CONFIDENCE. Chap. V. Frauds committed in trade, industry, and public sales. Art. 320. Whoever shall have counterfeited or altered the names, marks or distinctive signs of intellectual productions or of manufactured products, or whoever shall have made use of the names, marks, or signs legally registered, under this counterfeit or altered form, even though the falsification be due to a third party, shall be liable to imprisonment for from one to twelve months. The same penalty shall be applicable to whoever shall have counterfeited or altered industrial designs or models, and to whoever shall have made use thereof under this counterfeited or altered form, although the falsification be due to a third party. The judicial authority may order that the conviction be published in a periodical indicated by it at the expense of the guilty party. Art. 321. Whoever, for a commercial purpose, shall have introduced into the country, placed on sale, or put into circulation in any other manner, intellectual productions or manufactured products bearing counterfeited or altered names, marks, or distinctive signs, or names, marks, or distinctive signs susceptible of deceiving the purchaser as to the origin or quality of these objects, shall be amenable—if the ownership of the productions, names, marks, or signs has been legally registered in Venezuela-to imprisonment for from one to twelve months. Art. 322. Whoever shall have made public information relative to inventions, scientific discoveries, or industrial applications that are to remain secret, and of which he shall have had knowledge by reason of his position, employment, or profession, art or industry, shall be, on petition of the injured party, amenable to imprisonment for from fifteen days to three months. (From 32 La Propriété Industrielle, April, 1916.) Great Britain. Patents. Applications. Reference to Prior Specification Required. Rejection on Appeal. Decision of December 17, 1916. An application for a patent for "Improvements in and relating to non-refillable bottles" was filed on the 9th of June, 1914, the application being numbered 13,954. The Examiner cited several prior specifications in which applicant's invention had been described or claimed, and, due to amendment made in response to the Office action, the question of anticipation of applicant's specification narrowed down to Sherman's specification No. 23,900 of 1913. At the hearing the Supervising Examiner decided to accept applicant's specification, with the proviso, however, that a reference to the above mentioned cited specification be inserted in accordance with Section 7 (4) of the Act. Applicant appealed to the Law Officer and the appeal came on before the Solicitor-General. Appellant's attorney moved that applicant be allowed to amend his specification so as to avoid the necessity for the reference and to have the case referred back to the Patent Office. The Law Officer held that on comparison of applicant's complete specification with that of Sherman's it will be obvious that applicant's claim is closely allied to Sherman's specification and that appellant's motion to refer the application back to the Patent Office in order to enable the further amendment of applicant's claim would be futile, since it would be impossible for the applicant to draw his claim in such a manner as to avoid the neccessity of a reference to the cited specification in question. Appellant's motion to have the case referred back to the Office was denied. (From 23 Reports of Patent, Design and Trade Mark Cases, No 7, p. 137.) Austria. Patent Office. Retirement of the President, Baron Beck de Mannagetta. After an administrative activity of more than forty-three years, Baron Beck de Mannagetta, President of the Patent Office, on his own application has been permitted to retire, and this under the most flattering conditions. Baron Beck took an important part in the development of Austrian legislation in patent and trade mark matters; it was also under his direction that projects of law were elaborated concerning industrial designs and models and the suppression of unfair trade, whose submission to parliamentary deliberation |