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have approved, by virtue of the authority to us delegated, we have sanctioned, and proclaim the following:

SOLE ARTICLE.

The royal decrees of September 24, 1914, No. 1034, and January 3, 1915, No. 3, concerning the extension of the terms established by the law of October 30, 1859, No. 3731, concerning industrial patents, are converted into laws.

We order that the present under seal of the State be inserted in the collection of laws and decrees of the Kingdom of Italy commanding those concerned to observe it and cause it to be observed as a law of the State.

Given at Rome, the 7th day of January, 1917.

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(From 15 Bollettino della Proprietà Intellettuale, Fasc. 21-24, p. 110.)

PATENTS TRADE MARKS MONOPOLIES - ALIEN ENEMIES
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MEASURES "RECIPROCAL EXTENSION OF CONVENTION TERMS TO
NEUTRAL AND ALLIED NATIONS-DECREE OF MARCH 22, 1917.

[Translation.]

In consideration of the law of May 22, 1916, No. 671, conferring extraordinary powers of the royal Government for the duration of the war; in view of laws of October 30, 1859, No. 3731, on industrial monopolies and No. 4577 of August 30, 1868, concerning trade-marks and other patents; in view of the law of April 6, 1913, No. 285, sanctioning the agreement of the League for the Protection of Industrial Rights at Washington; in consideration of the necessity of disciplining the industrial-property rights of subjects of enemy countries so that the same may not impede the use of inventions in the interest of the national defense or of whomsoever the nation's industry shall have need of service; in consideration, moreover, of the opportune measure of extending the time limit within which persons belonging to allied or neutral nations, conferring equal privileges to Italians, may request industrial monopoly grants in the Kingdom of Italy, returning in possession of the priority of applications presented for the first time in one of the said nations, approved by the Council of

Ministers, and at the instance of the Minister of Industry, Commerce. and Labor, in concert with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, of War, and of the Navy, we have decreed and hereby decree as follows:

ARTICLE 1. For the duration of the war the validity for private industrial rights belonging to enemy subjects, firms, or corporations, located in enemy countries, of inventions regarding war material or which may be used for military purposes, is canceled.

The Ministers of War and Navy shall have the right to use such inventions or concede to others the privilege of using the same for furnishing the army or navy.

The present ruling is to take effect regarding every enemy country, covering the period since the declaration of war.

ART. 2. If reasons of public welfare necessitate the actual use of inventions within the country which are protected as monopoly grants in favor of enemy subjects, firms, or companies, located in enemy countries, such privilege may be granted for the use of those inventions during the war, even without the consent of the holder of the patent, to whomsoever shall request the same.

The license to use such inventions during the war shall be granted by the Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Labor, upon the approval of the committee which examines all recourse pertaining to industrial rights. This grant may be subject to special conditions and to the deposit of a certain sum of money in the Government treasury.

ART. 3. If a trade-mark registered in the name of an enemy subject, firm, or company, shall have become the common designation of the products it serves to distinguish, the use of the trade-mark may be granted upon application, during the war, to Italian manufacturers of those same articles.

The license to use these trade-marks shall be granted by decree of the Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Labor, in the same manner and on the conditions set forth in the preceding article.

ART. 4. No recourse either administrative or judicial is admissible against the rulings as per preceding articles.

ART. 5. The time-limits of priority, as established by Article 4 of the league's convention at Paris, approved at Washington. which had not expired on May 24, 1915, are suspended for the entire duration of the war and until three years after the publishment of peace, in favor of persons belonging to these allied or neutral nations belonging to the union, which may have granted the same benefit to Italians. (Signed) TOMASO DI SAVOIA.

Given at Rome, March 22, 1917.

(From 238 Official Gazette, 1642; original publication in Gazzetta Ufficiale, Apr. 10, 1917.)

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY-APPLICATIONS-RENEWALS-FEES-EXTEN SION OF TERMS RECIPROCITY WITH UNITED STATES-DECREE OF MAY 14, 1917.

[Translation.]

Ministerial decree prolonging in favor of citizens of the United States of America the delay for the payment of industrial property fees.

The Minister of Industry, Commerce, and Labor, in view of the decree of the lieutenant general of June 20, 1915, No. 962, concerning the prolongation of the delays of priority in industrial property matters; in view of the note of the Government of the United States of America of March 24, 1917; in view of the conditions prescribed in Article 3 of the decree of the lieutenant general for granting to foreign holders of patents of invention, the benefits provided in this decree are realized as concerns the United States of America, decrees: The benefits provided in Article 2 of the decree of the lieutenant general, of June 20, 1915. No. 962, relative to the prolongation of the terms for the payment of fees and for the accomplishment of the procedure prescribed by law for the maintenance in force of patents of invention, and for making application for their prolongation, are applicable to citizens of the United States of America. The present decree shall be published in the Gazetta Ufficiale of the Kingdom at the same time as the note hereinbefore mentioned. Rome, May 14, 1917.

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INDIA.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY-WAR MEASURE-NOTIFICATION No. 149, OF JANUARY 9, 1915.

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We are indebted to Messrs. W. H. Williams & Co., of Calcutta, for the following text of notification No. 149, dated 9th January, 1915: No. 149. Whereas by paragraph 5 (1) of Trading-with-the-Enemy Proclamation No. II of 9th September, 1914, as amended and extended by proclamation dated the 5th of November, 1914, payment of any sum of money to or for the benefit of persons or a body of persons resident in the territories of the German Empire or in the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary or in the respective colonies and dependencies thereof or in the territories of the Sultan of Turkey other than any territory in the occupation of the British Government or its colonies, in this license and in the said proclamations referred to as “enemy country is prohibited; and

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Whereas, by paragraph 8 of the said proclamation it is provided that nothing in the proclamation shall be taken to prohibit anything which shall be expressly permitted by license, whether such license be granted to individuals or be announced as applying to persons; and

Whereas, by paragraph 3 of proclamation dated 8th October, 1914, power to grant such licenses on behalf of the Crown may be exercised in India by the Governor General:

Now, therefore, I, Charles Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, hereby authorize all persons residing, being, or carrying on business in British India to pay any fees necessary for obtaining the grant, or for obtaining the renewal, of patents, or for obtaining the registration of trade-marks or designs, or the renewal of such registration, in an enemy country";

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And also to pay on behalf of an enemy any fees payable in British India on application for, or renewal of, the grant of a patent, or on application for the registration of designs or the renewal of such registration.

(Signed)

HARDINGE OF PENSHURST.

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JAPAN.

COPYRIGHT-PROTOCOL ADDITIONAL TO REVISED CONVENTION OF BERNE RATIFICATION, TRANSMITTED FEBRUARY 5, 1915.

On February 5, 1915, the Swiss Federal Council received notice from the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, announcing the ratification by Japan of the Protocol of March 20, 1914, additional to the Convention of Berne, revised at Berlin, November 13, 1908.

Quoting from Le Droit d'Auteur, of April, 1915, from which we glean this information, the following observation will be of interest:

The Japanese note adds that His Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to ratify this Protocol, while taking into consideration its international character, and notwithstanding the fact that one of the signatory States is actually in a state of war with the Empire; but this ratification is made under the reservation that it shall affect in no way the position of the Empire toward the enemy State.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY-WAR CONDITIONS-STATUS-OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF JUNE 7, 1915.

[Translation.]

The Japanese administration has addressed to the International Bureau the following communications:

1.-PROVISIONS FOR SAFEGUARDING THE UNION INTERESTS ENDANGERED BY REASON OF THE EUROPEAN WAR.

PATENT OFFICE,

Tokio, June 7, 1915.

MR. DIRECTOR: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the circular of date of 25th August last, wherein you have requested me to apprise you of all the provisions that Japan counts on taking to safeguard the interests of Union subjects liable to be endangered by reason of the European war.

The office will proceed in this regard with the greatest care. The terms fixed for the payment of taxes and for the formalities to be fulfilled at the Patent Bureau will be prolonged, either voluntarily or on application, through the application of the provisions of the laws concerning patents, utility models, designs, and trade-marks. Even if cases of avoidance occur through nonobservance of the terms fixed for formalities, the interested parties will be relieved for one year from the consequences of this non-observance, provided

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