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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1881)
April, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. 103 NEW TRADE-MARK LAW. When, but year, th oourti decided that tb xiating laws relative to United Stalee trade mark were unconstitutional, thoa persons whose tudd-uiaAe Lad beooiue ol great value o mem in their business, war naturally mooh chagrined. Many trad mark had become so well known ai to b worth thousand and thoa and ol dollar) to thair owner. It wai lik taking, in many instanoet, ball th capital out of th outness, to make th trade-mark value- less by removing th txolusiv right to it use, 'Th declaration of unconstitutionality of the law whieh gar originators vested right in their trade-marks, was th oaus of profound regret yet at th sam time it was felt that th Govern ment, having received money for granting the privileges, would ultimately provide a law to meet th requirements, whioh would be ooniti- tional. A new not was oarefully prepared and passed " by th 46th Congress, reoeiviog the approval of the President on th 3d of March. Th Patent Ulno is now engaged in preparing rules and lonna rar ioi iniormauon ana guidano ot per- ewee,iu iu reguter meir trans-mams. An examination of th law ahowa that it Ail fen from th act of 1870 00 th subjeot, in that it authorises th registration of trsde-marks only by persons who are ownei of trade-marks whioh are used in oommeroe with foreign coun tries or with ths Indian triliea, and who are domiciled in the United State or in a foreign oountry which, by treaty, convention or law, permit oitiiens of th United States to register traus-meru. ins new act seems to nave been drawn in substantial acknowledgment of the propriety 01 in aecuion 01 in Supreme Court, which held that Congress had no right to regu late even the reiiistiation of trade-marks Tiv eitisen of the United States who were dealing vmj whuiu mil country, uwnere 01 trade marks which are chiefly or entirely used on merchandise ot borne consumption are. as here tofore, protected by oommon law, while the Registration Act merely authonua the regis tration of trade-marks that relate to merohan diss nsed in foreign oommeroe The following is the full text of the new law Be it snarM by On Snatt and Uouu of RtprmnU here af tAe Untud Statu in Ctagnm saenaouvf. That owners ol trade nwki need In oonimeroa with foreign ne Uaas or wit the Indian Irtbee, provided euuh otm shell be domiciled In Um United States or looaud In any foreign oountry or trlbee which, by treaty, ounveotlon, ur law, affords eltnller privileges lo eltlHne of the lilted Htaieo, aiajr obuin rwwtnUun ol euch trade roar aa by complying with the following requlrementa: rim. fir ouolnf 10 be recorded In the talent Omoe s statement ipecliyliig nuie, domicile, loasUon and oiuaau ship ol the party applying; the slaae ol morobendlee and the particular description ol gouds onrnprtaed In each suae 10 wnicn toe paruouiar trade mart bis haan appro priated; a daecrlitioa ol Uie trade-mark itaalf, with lee. etmllea Iboreuf, and a euiament ol the mode In which the same le applied and anted lo (node and the length ol Um during which the trade-mark baa been ttaad. . By paying Into the Treeaury ol the United Stales the sua ol tit, and owiiilrlng with such reguut Ui as nay be proscribed by the Ovmmieoloejev ol Pet ente. Sac, t Thai the application prescribed la the fontolng seettoo, must, la order lo create enjr right whatever la favor ol the party Sling It, be eoeueipauled by a written declanlloa verified by the peraoa, or by a aMmbar ol a ma, or by an orftcer of a corporation applying, lo the tflact that eoch party baa el the Uam a rhrht to the eat ol the trade aura euuiht lobe raaiaterad, and that no other pereun, lie, or oorporeuoe aae tho rtsiit to euch awe. In the Idontlaal fcarai or In any auch awar mini. blanee thareto es might be calculated w deceive; that loch trada-mert at uead la w niamw with foreign naUone or lodlaa tribes, ae chore Indicated; aud that the descrip Uoa and hfrciaUlee pnaaotad lur roa-latry truly repro Swnl the trade-aura eouehl to be rogtelered. hoc. I That tho Uaaaol the rMMol any each sipl. aatlua ehall be noted end ranmlad. hw m alleged trade mark ahell be ngtaierad enleae the seme atiaar to be lawfully aead ee euch by the eppll-aal la foreiga ee. eMreo or oumaioroc with Indian uibaa, ae ebua are lluend. or le within the provletaa at s treaty, aaaenUoa, or eMeraUoa with a lorehra power; nor wbwb le merely the aaaao el the applicant; nor which le Idewlioel wrlh a raglelarad er baowa Irade-aaark eoaad by another end epproeelato to the aeaao elaaa at annhcaillcc, ot ahlebee aearly miaillni (osM ether Sanaa's lawful trade antra ae to be likely lo cauee ooafuolon or atletake In the mind ol the public, or lo deceive nunhaaara. In an application raaliu-atioo the Cumnlaaloner ol Patenu ahall decide the praauaipUra Uwtulnoai ol claim lo the alleged Irade. nwk; and in aiir diiule between an applicant and a pre vloue ragUtrant, or between appllcanta, he ahall lullow, so far ae the eame niay be aulluabla, the praotloe oi Dmrts ul cjuit U Luitu ommoiu amlnaiilla mine. Baa i That certincalat ol reglilry ol trade-marks ehall mm iu we name 01 tne united Hutae o America, under the ami of the lhmtrtmank nl tk lnii. liell be eiimed hy the CuramMimer of ratonia, and a miww, wmner witn prinieu ooplee of the epeol. noatiuna, ahall bo kept In hooka lur that purpoea. tVplae ol tmle-marka and ol euumenle and dcolaratlant flM therewith and eerllncalae ol regialry 00 eigned and aaalad ehall be evidence In any suit in which euoh tmle-marks anaii oe Droiigiit in oontrovaray, Hac S. That a eartlrtMl ii Mrlalv ahall m.I- I. dine fur W yean from lu dale, uo-pt In oaeee whan the reia-mara ii aaimeo Mr ana applied to artlciai not manu faoturad In lliia euuntry, and In which It reoeWoe proteo tlnn uniler the lawt of a foreign country fur 1 ehort pe riod, In which ueee It ahall oaaaa to have any furoe In tlile oountry by virtue ol thie aot at the lime thai euoh Irade auuk oaaace lo be earlualve nnHiartv alaawharo. At tn time during the el monihe prior to the eipirailun of the era au yaare tuca rrgieiretton nay be reueweil oa the mio wrnia mio lor a uae penud. Had. S. That aimlioanU hir rMrlatratlnn unilaa tlila aal Shall be ereillled fur any fee or part ol a fee heretofore ym into uie I reaeury or uie united BUIee with Intent lo procure prnlecllon for the eame male-mark. Baa T. Thai nwiatralloo ol a Irada-muti ahall ha aWaaa arte evidence of ownerehlp. Any iiareon who ehall re produce, counterfeit, or oolorahly InilUleany Iraile mark reelaierad under thie aot and emu the eame lo mar ohandlae of eu ha Initially Uie aaina daecrlMlve iroiertlee Mitaw uaacnoco in we regieiralliia aliall Do llalMe to all aollun on the oaee fur daauuroa fur the wrona-f ul uae ol eald trade-mark at the eult of the owner thereof; and the party aignevea ,naj alau have hie remeily ecoonllng to Uie eourae ol equity lo enjoin the wrongful uaa of mrh trade-mark uaad In foreign enminarca or eommerae with Indian tribes, ea aforeaaiil, anil lo recover neniiaiMelliei therefor In any oourt havtne- lurlatllcliiin over Ilia latam guilty ol euoh wrongful art ; and onurta of the United autea aliall have original and apiellate luriwlictlon In uo owk wunoui regam 10 me amount 111 eonlroveny. Hao s. That no action or lull ahall be maintained un der the pmviatuhl of thll aot In anv oaaa arhan Lha La.la. mark la ueed In any unlawful bualuaai or Unmi eny article liijurluue In lleclf, or alilcb mark hee been uaad with Uie ueeign 01 Deceiving the public In the puroh.ee of nierchan dive, or under any certificate ol roglelry fraudulently obtained. Sac. e Tiui any pererni whs shall procure Ihe regletry of a Irade-merk, or of hlma.ll ae the owner ol a trade- mars, or en entry reeiiectlng a trade-mark, In the omoe of Uie Commlealuner of CaUole, by a lelee or fraudulent repreeenlatloa or dealaratloeu orallv or In writing 1.. any fraudulent meane, ehall be liable to nay any damage! ui tallied In oonaenuenoe thereof lo the Injured parly, to aeo. iv. rnai nothing in thie act thai) prevent, hwaen, impeeoh, or avoid any remedy at lew or In enully which any rty aggrieiel hy any wrtniglul uee of any trade, mark might have had If tho provisions ol Ihle est bed am HSU II. The! nnlhlna- In thie act ahall ha anna roa.1 aa uuiavoraniy anening a claim to a trade-mark altar Uie term of regittraUon aliall have expired; nor to give oog nlaance lo any oourt il the I'nlud auiao in au amion eult between dtleene ol Uie eaata state, union a inula. oaara in ounvmverey m ueeu on giaaU Intended to be trane- pnneu to a loreign oountry, or la ktelui eianuerolal in lerouuree with an I ml lan Irihe. Sea II That the Owmieehmer ol hlonU Is author. laad to make rulaa and neulatioiui and nvaaMi ataina for the transfer ol tlie right lo uee trade-mar be and fur reenrdlng euch Irenetero In hie orllim Ik. It. That ctUwne and reeidenla ol Ihle snunlry wiehlng the nrute.uon ol 1a.la.marki t. i..i... eoui.iry, the laws of which reulre rrgietretloo here ae s eoodlUoa preenlenl lo getting euch pmteetloa there, amy regleter their Iraile-aurke lor that purpuee ee le above al lowed lo limlgnora, and have oar U koala there4 Iron Ihe rawn irroce. Approved March I, IMt. YANKEE NOTIONS IN RUSSIA, A eorreapondeDt of the Ann, writing from 81. Petersburg, says that wbil dlolnfl In thai el I v. ha found Russian and Ainsrloan viand aid by sid. II sU American tanned oyatsra with sn American eanoe served In t caster of Ameri can Bake; and nsed illver-plsted knives, forks nd spoon manufactured in Nsw York. Amer. lean Jellies and preserve were alao served. On looking over the oearspaper advertisements, h taw on offorlngan Amsrioan sleigh for tale, another an American piano, and third informing lb nubile of lis arrival of a new lot ol the American furniture. Th oorreepou dsnl eontlnna: While walkin on tKa MeeaVv Pnanad I nclloed inch tlgnt aa 'American Deailat," 'Amerioe Cracker Wboletalt and Retail," nd "Depot ot Amertoan Goods." Th latter place I entered. There I found ft greet variety of our goods, sewing machine, parlor and kltoben stoves, kerosene stoves, washing ma ehiuea, wrlugere, rollrrs, nloksUplated Troua, aoaiaei, lauiia, alatee, toys, gold pens, steel pens, pencils, eafea, stocking knitters, pistol and onus, Jewelry, kerosene and astral oil, look, bronied handle, open glaaaes, tnketauda, and thonaand and on patented articlea, Th depot waa In charge of New Yorker. "How Is bueliieesf" I naked. "Our busluea la fair. The domand for our good It Inoreaalng. American goods satisfy lbs taate and demands of the Ruaalaue. There is only one obstacle In the Russian-American trade. A rtlole nsed by th poorest people In Now York, alter paying Rusnlsn duties ere ao. oessible only to the rich In Russia. Take, for instance, this let ot nicksl-plated irons. In New York yon may get It tt retail at dollar end ft ball. Here we tell It at ten roubles. Th saius way with other things. And yet hare many regular ouslomers. Yott are, our good now-a-dnys are much favored by the Rusalane," "Are there depot Ilk your In other Hut. slan cities?" "Yes; there srs inch In Mnaoow, Odessa,' and Kharkuff. In thia oily ttisr ar alio special depots of lb sgriutiltural uisulilnss, of sowlug maohines, ol printing proeaetaud typo graphy apparatus, aud of rubber goods," At lb agricultural uiaolilu depot I found , mill worklug by steam, wind and baud, mov ing, trasbiug and winnowing macbluea, bore rake, barrows, ploughs, bay press, and ft great variety of farming luiplvmeuta, "Have you much competition lu your lino?" I ftakod. "Yea; there are many machine and Imple ment of the Ruaslsn make which ar a great deal cheaper, aud on that aooouul mostly uaed but as they are much Interior to ours: the rich can afford to buy good thing, English mer chants, bowsver, tiy hard to undersell oe." "Do lb peaaauU uss Amsrioan machine and tool?" : "No, they art too poor to bur anrthlna be yond the si in pleat tud chsapeat Implements ol ltusalan malto. Should lbs pssaanl be) able lo gel our farming machine along with ft lllU more land lhan they now poaseaa, In ft tow yean Russia would become one of lb riohsst sud most prosiriius oounlrioe of lb world. uut l don't luluk we shell live to as such cbsng In lb Cam's country." At th American lubber store, whioh bore ft complete resemblance lo thoa I have aeen down town In New York, I was tuld Ibal th bualuoas ia exorllaut that tba long aud wet Huaalan Springs and fells oouipsl the people lo uae rubber Koods In large quantitls. Th good ar told al low prices, and are being bought by all classes. , I oalled also al lb sewlnt maoblna dorwL where I waa lulormrd that tb sal of sewiug machine Increase each y.tr. They now con duct lb busluea on lb um plan aa la New York. Payment la made tuoulblr or weekly. The old machine ar taken la payment tor lb new onset, and teuton In sewing are given Ire of charts. "I)o yon gel good profit oa (awing ma chine?'' I asked. "Of course we do." waa the reulv: "anil the Russians get ft good return lor their money, Kuealaa women are found side bv alda wiih the best men In every progressive movement. Public schools, hospitals, and ionrnala and magaxins ar, lo great aitenl, la ebar.e of educated women. Ioeiilulea, boarding acbools . for ladiaa, medical avboola for women, culver. slly eourae for women, female gymnasiums, and numerous kindred inslilulluus ar now overfilled with gills sud youug ladies. Ttey say hers that Russia will ,1 saved by the Uus sisn woman, la onr turn may say that lb AoMrUata sewing machine will tare tb Rua Ita woman." .