Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1920 — TRADEMARKS PIRATED [ARTICLE]

TRADEMARKS PIRATED

Business Men Complain of Acts in Foreign Countries. Appeal to State Department to Pro- —. tect the Interests of Rightful Owners. New York.—The American Manu--fw cm rers' Export association launched its fight against trademark pirates in Portugal and elsewhere by sending an appeal to the state department asking that the American ambassador to Portugal protect the interests of the rightful owners. > ' J The patent and trademark committee of the association in the appeal pointed out that more than forty American automobile trademarks have Already twxm pirated In Portugal. The pirating of trademarks is not Rrntfed to anv particular country, explained a statement issued by the com-

mittee. but hundreds of trademarks are appropriated throughout the world. Recently a Brazilian concern took forty well-known trademarks belonging to American automobile and accessory manufacturers, it was stated. Similar cases of pirating were cited in Spain. Japan. Argentina and Cuba. The motion-picture industry has also completely lost its foreign trademarks, the statement adds, owing tc the practice in the industry of permitting registration by the foreign agents. The statement pointed out that In view of the patent and trademark provisions of the peace treaty, ratification of the treaty would permit the recovery of all trademarks pirated in. Portugal owing to an extension of the international trademark convention, to which this country is a party. X holder to suspend a... flat jam eg tobacco from a man’s belt has been patented.