SPECIAL NOTICE. Expert Work. Our office is fully equipped to give the highest class of expert work in all the branches of our business. Our foreign agents are the very best to be found in their respective countries, and, as we are in business relations with all the best agents in each country, we can so distribute applications that the preparation and prosecution of each case will be attended to by an expert in the art to which the invention relates. Charges. Our charges are higher than those of our competitors. They are designedly so. Employing only the best agents, we pay the best prices for work done, and give the best service to be had. The old adage, "whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well," applies with especial force to the patent business, where the entire value of the patent (the foundation, perhaps, of a large commercial business) depends upon the specification and claims, and the care and intelligence expended in preparing and prosecuting them. Orders. For fourteen years we have transacted business solely and exclusively for Patent Solicitors and members of the Legal Profession. We neither solicit nor receive orders from inventors directly. Discounts on Large Orders. We will make liberal discounts on large orders, and generally, and wherever possible, save money for our correspondents on extra translations, drawings, preparation of documents, etc. Yours very truly, RICHARDS & CO. Apply a little gum to this edge and paste so that it will face page 92 of the Third Edition of our General Information relating to Patents and Trade Marks. NOTE.-At present there is no Patent law in Rhodesia. The matter is still under consideration. Trade Marks may now be registered in Rhodesia (the British South Africa Territory) under the Company's Ordinance No. 5 of 1893, extended by Ordinance No. 6 of 1894 to Matabeleland. One registration is sufficient to cover the whole of the Company's territory. The rules and regulations are similar to those of the Cape of Good Hope (Cape Colony). The text of the Ordinance is as follows: BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA COMPANY, Amending the Act of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, No. 22 of 1877, commonly called the Trade Marks Registration Act, 1877, which, together with the Merchandise Marks Act, 1888 (No. 12 of 1888), and the Merchandise Marks Amendment Act, 1889 (No. 14 of 1889), is in force in Mashonaland, by virtue of Article 19 of the Proclamation of the 10th of June, 1891, made by Her Majesty's High Commissioner for South Africa, under the provisions of Her Majesty's Order in Council, dated the 9th day of May, 1891, and published on the 4th day of June, 1891, in the Government Gazelle of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope. In pursuance of the powers for making ordinances conferred on the British South Africa Company by or under Her Majesty's Charter of the 29th day of October, 1889, and of every other power enabling the British South Africa Company in this behalf: It is hereby ordained by the British South Africa Company as follows: 1. The limits of this ordinance shall be Mashonaland, that is to say, Fort Tuli and an area of ten miles round that Fort and the Territories north of the South Africa Republic, but excluding the Territory known as the Disputed Territory, lying between the Shashi and Maclouisie Rivers, and all Territories belonging to the Chief Khama of the Bamangwato, and the Territory known as the District of the Tati. 2. In the Act of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, No. 22 of 1877, commonly called the Trade Marks Registration Act, 1877 (hereinafter called "the principal Act"), the expression "the Governor" shall mean the Administrator. expunged. 3. The part of Section 7 of the principal Act commencing with the words "Any rules made in pursuance," and ending with the words "before the date of such resolution," is hereby 4. In Section 9 of the principal Act the meaning given to the expression "the Court" is hereby expunged, and in place thereof the expression "the Court" shall mean the Court of the Chief Magistrate, or any Court which may be declared a Court for the purpose of the principal Act and this Ordínance, by general rules made in pursuance of that Act and this Ordinance. 5. For the purposes of the principal Act a trade mark must henceforth consist of, or contain at least one of the following essential particulars: (a) A name of an individual or firm printed, impressed or woven in some particular and distinctive manner; or (b) A written signature or copy of a written signature of the individual or firm applying for registration thereof as a trade mark; or (c) A distinctive device, mark, brand, heading, label, ticket, or fancy word or words not in common use. And there may be added to any one or more of these particulars any letters, words or figures, or combination of letters, words or figures, or any of them: Provided also that any special and distinctive word or words, letter, figure, or combination of letters or figures, or of letters and figures, used as a trade mark before the eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven, may be registered as a trade-mark under the principal Act. 6. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Trade Marks Registration Amendment Ordinance, 1893," and so much of the principal Act or any other law as may be repugnant to or inconsistent with this Ordinance is hereby repealed and the principal Act and this Ordinance may be cited together as "The Trade Marks Registration Laws, 1877 and 1893." (NOTE.-By Ordinance No. 6 of 1894 the above Ordinance was extended to Matabeleland.) Our present charges for the registration of trade marks in the Company's territory are: FEES. Trade Mark, application for registration.... .$87 50 45.00 These charges include government and agency fees, the cost of advertising; in fact, all expenses. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED. 1. Power of Attorney, signed by the applicant and two witnesses. 2. Application, signed by the applicant. 3. Declaration, signed by the applicant, and legalized by a British Consul. 4. Four Fac-similes of the mark. 5. Two Wood Cuts or electrotypes of the mark. Note. If the mark consists of words printed in other than Roman Letters, a translation of the words must be made at the foot of each mark. NOTICE. Please note for future use, should occasion arise, that our Mr. William Evarts Richards has been appointed : Consul, at New York, of the Republic of Paraguay ; Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland; Commissioner of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope. Rinarwark и We compute foreign currencies as follows: £1 = $4-87; 1 Franc 19 3-10 cents; 1 Mark = 23 8-10 cents. Apply a little gum to this edge and paste so that it will face page 94 of the Third Edition of our General Information relating to Patents and Trade Marks. NOTE.-The information on page 95 of our book, so far as it relates to Costa Rica (trade marks), is hereby cancelled, and the following substituted in lieu thereof. A trade mark law has at length been enacted in Costa Rica, and marks may now be registered there. Our charges for applications for registration are now as follows: CHARGES. Trade Mark, application for registration.... Assignments, preparing and recording. LAW AND PRACTICE. $87.50 We append the full text of the law, but a brief summary may be useful. The term of protection, i. e., the first term, is 15 years, but the mark may be renewed thereafter upon the register every 10 years indefinitely. Almost any mark that will serve to characterize the products of a manufacturer is a good mark and may be registered. The exceptions are: (1) The coat of arms, and the national flag of Costa Rica; (2) Marks used upon illicit products or articles; (3) Marks containing designs, engravings or cuts contrary to good morals; and (4) Marks already registered to another person for the same class of goods. The counterfeiting of trade marks will be punished according to the provisions of the penal code. DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR AN APPLICATION. 1. Power of Attorney, signed by the applicant, and legalized by a Consul of Costa Rica. 2. A Description of the mark and the manner of its employment. The description should contain the full name, address and occupation of the applicant. 3. Four Fac-similes of the mark. These must not exceed 12 centimetres (43 inches) in length or width, and should be printed or mounted upon sheets of white paper measuring 20 centimetres (77 inches) square. 4. An electrotype, wood engraving, or stereotype of the mark. COSTA RICA. Law upon Trade and Commercial Marks. (Of May 22, 1896.) THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF COSTA RICA, CONFORMABLY TO THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN ARTICLE 73, NUMBER 13, OF THE CONSTITUTION. DECREES: The following law upon trade and commercial marks: Art. 1. As trade and commercial marks will be considered the names of manufacturers and merchants, seals, stamps, engravings, cuts, monograms, mottoes, inscriptions, and all other distinctive signs that serve to characterize the products of a manufactory or the articles of a house of commerce. Art. 2. The use of trade and commercial marks is optional, but in certain cases the police authorities may render it obligatory. Art. 3. The property of a trade or a commercial mark is acquired by registration in the register kept for that purpose, and the filing of two copies of the said mark. Art. 4. The Executive Power will prescribe necessary regulations for the formalities of the registration and of the filing, and determine the bureau where the same are to be effected. Art. 5. The ownership of a trade or commercial mark is not acquired except for a term of fifteen years, but this registration can be renewed indefinitely for ten years at a time thereafter. Art. 6. For the renewal of a trade or commercial mark, a declaration by the proprietor made to the competent bureau within thirty days following the expiration of the term of protection will be sufficient. After the passing of this term, the right acquired will be forfeited." Art. 7. The property acquired by the registration and filing of a trade or commercial mark, confers solely the right to the use of that mark, but never the exclusive right to manufacture or sell the product or article to which it is applied. Art. 8. For frauds committed against the property of trade and commercial marks, will be jointly and severally responsible, unless they prove their innocence, the person for the account of whom the fraud has been committed, the authors of the counterfeiting, and the importers and retailers of the object or product counterfeited. Art. 9. Frauds committed against the property of trade or commercial marks will be punished according to Article 498, Section 3, of the penal code. Art. 10. Trade or commercial marks cannot be obtained for the manufacture or sale of illicit products or articles. Art. 11. It is forbidden to make use in marks, of designs, engravings or cuts, contrary to good morals. Art. 12. The coat of arms of the Republic, and the National flag, cannot be utilized for trade or commercial marks. TO THE EXECUTIVE POWER: Given in the Hall of the Sessions of Congress, at the National Palace, San José, May 22, 1896. PEDRO LEON PÁEZ. VICTOR OROZCO, NATIONAL PALACE, San José, May 22, 1896. JUAN R. LIZANO, RAFAEL IGLESIAS. The above law is to be executed. The Secretary of State in charge of Finances and Commerce. Ricardo Montealegre. NOTICE. Please note for future use, should occasion arise, that our Mr. William Evarts Richards has been appointed : Consul, at New York, of the Republic of Paraguay; Commissioner of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland; Commissioner of the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope. Minarmark We compute foreign currencies as follows: £1 $4.87; 1 Franc 19 3-10 cents; = 1 Mark = 23 8-10 cents. |