war such Egyptian nationals were treated by the Bulgarian Government as enemies, and that their property was subjected by the Bulgarian Government to exceptional war measures. 11. "The Treaty of Peace (Bulgaria) Order, 1920,"* shall not apply to Egypt, except so far as may be consistent with the provisions of this Order or of any Proclamation issued by the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the British Forces in Egypt, or with any rules or directions given thereunder. 12. This Order may be cited as "The Egypt (Treaty of Peace, Bulgaria) Order in Council, 1921," and shall be read as one with The Egypt Order in Council, 1915." 13. This Order shall be deemed to have had effect as from the date when the Treaty of Peace came into force. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying "The Colonial Probates Act, 1892," to the Colony of Gambia.-London, February 14, 1921.† At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of February, 1921. PRESENT THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. The Colonial Probates WHEREAS by the first Section of "Her Majesty the Queen may, on being satisfied that the Legislature of any British Possession has made adequate provision for the recognition in that Possession of all Probates and Letters of Administration granted by the Courts of the United Kingdom, direct by Order in Council that this Act shall, subject to any exceptions and modifications specified in the Order, apply to that Possession, and thereupon while the Order is in force, this Act shall apply accordingly "; And whereas his Majesty the King is satisfied that the Legislature of the British Possession hereinafter mentioned has made adequate provision for the recognition in that Possession of Probates and Letters of Administration granted by the Courts of the United Kingdom: Now, therefore, His Majesty, by virtue, and in exercise. of the powers by the above-recited Act in His Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of his most honourable Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows: - * Vol. CXIII, page 165. +"London Gazette," February 18, 1921. Vol. LXXXIV, page 700. The Colonial Probates Act, 1892," shall apply to the British Possession hereunder mentioned: The Colony of the Gambia. And the Right Honourable Winston L. Spencer Churchill, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly. ALMERIC FITZROY. BRITISH ORDER IN COUNCIL applying the provisions of Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," as amended by The Patents and Designs Acts, 1914 and 1919," to the Serb-Croat-Slovene State. London, February 14, 1921.* At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of February, 1921. PRESENT: THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS by Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907" (7 Edw. VII, c. 29), as amended by The Patents and Designs Act, 1914 "‡ (4 & 5 Geo. V, c. 18), and "The Patents and Designs Act, 1919 "§ (9 & 10 Geo. V, c. 80), it is enacted as follows: - 91.-(1.) If His Majesty is pleased to make any arrangement with the Government of any Foreign State for mutual protection of inventions, or designs, or trade marks, then any person who has applied for protection for any invention, design, or trade mark in that State, or his legal representative or assignee, shall be entitled to a patent for his invention or to registration of his design or trade mark under this Act or The Trade Marks Act, 1905,'|| in priority to other applicants; and the patent or registration shall have the same date as the date of the application in the Foreign State: "Provided that (a.) The application is made in the case of a patent within 12 months, and in the case of a design or trade mark within 4 months, from the application for protection in the Foreign State; and (b.) Nothing in this Section shall entitle the patentee or proprietor of the design or trade mark to recover damages for infringements happening prior to the actual date on which his complete specification is accepted, or his design or trade mark is registered, in this country. (2.) The patent granted for the invention or the * "London Gazette," + Vol. CI, page 28. February 25, 1921. c 2 Vol. CVIII, page 17. registration of a design or trade mark shall not be invalidated (a.) In the case of a patent, by reason only of the publication of a description of, or use of, the invention; or (b.) In the case of a design, by reason only of the exhibition or use of, or the publication of a description or representation of the design; or (c.) In the case of a trade mark, by reason only of the use of the trade mark, in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man during the period specified in this Section as that within which the application may be made. (3.) The application for the grant of a patent, or the registration of a design, or the registration of a trade mark under this Section, must be made in the same manner as an ordinary application under this Act or The Trade Marks Act, 1905: "(a.) In the case of patents the application shall be accompanied by a complete specification, which, if it is not accepted within the 12 months from the application for protection in the Foreign State, shall with the drawings (if any) be open to public inspection at the expiration of that period; and (b.) In the case of trade marks, any trade mark the registration of which has been duly applied for in the country of origin may be registered under The Trade Marks Act, 1905. (4.) The provisions of this Section shall apply only in the case of those Foreign States with respect to which His Majesty by Order in Council declares them to be applicable, and so long only in the case of each State as the Order in Council continues in force with respect to that State. (5.) Where it is made to appear to His Majesty that the Legislature of any British Possession has made satisfactory provision for the protection of inventions, designs, or trade marks, patented or registered in this country, it shall be lawful for His Majesty, by Order in Council, to apply the provisions of this Section to that Possession, with such variations or additions, if any, as may be stated in the Order"; And whereas by Section 103 of "The Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883," as amended by Section 6 of "The Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act (Amendment) Act, 1885," and by Section 1 of The Patents Act, 1901,'* and since repealed by Section 98 of the said "Patents and Designs Act, 1907," provisions were made to the same or like effect as those above set forth as contained in Section 91 of the last-mentioned Act; and by the said Section 98 it was provided that "this repeal shall not affect any Convention, Order in Council, Rule, or Table of Fees having effect under any enactment so repealed, but any such Convention, Order in Council, Rule, or Table of Fees in force at the commencement of this Act shall continue in force, and may be repealed, altered or amended, as if it had been made. under this Act"; And whereas it pleased Her late Majesty Queen Victoria to make an arrangement of the nature contemplated by the said Section 103, by and in virtue of a Declaration signed and sealed by Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, on the 17th March, 1884, duly conveying the accession of Great Britain and Ireland to the International Convention and Protocol for the protection of Industrial Property, signed by Representatives of certain Powers on the 20th March, 1883,* and duly ratified on the 6th June, 1884, power being reserved to Her Majesty to accede thereafter to the provisions of the said Convention and Protocol on behalf of the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and any of Her Majesty's Possessions, which Declaration of Accession was duly accepted by the French Government on behalf of the Signatory Powers by and in virtue of a Declaration dated the 2nd April, 1884; And whereas on the 14th December, 1900, at Brussels, an Additional Act was agreed upon between Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and the Heads of the Foreign Countries parties thereto for the purpose of modifying certain of the provisions of the said International Convention and the Protocol annexed thereto, the ratification of which Additional Act was duly effected; And whereas by a Convention signed at Washington on the 2nd June, 1911, His Majesty and the Heads of the Foreign States named therein agreed to make certain modifications in and additions to the said Convention, dated 20th March, 1883, as revised at Brussels on the 14th December, 1900, the ratification of which Convention was duly effected by Great Britain and certain other States; And whereas by various Orders in Council Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and His late Majesty King Edward VII and His present Majesty have been pleased to declare that the hereinbefore mentioned provisions of the said "Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act. 1883" (as amended), should apply to the several Foreign Countries named in the said Orders parties to the said Convention and Protocols; And whereas the Serb-Croat-Slovene State has acceded + Vol. XCII, page 807. * Vol. LXXIV, page 44. Vol. CIV, page 116. to the said International Convention, Protocol and Additional Act as revised at Washington on the 2nd June, 1911: Now, therefore, His Majesty, in pursuance of the powers in him vested by the above-recited provisions, and by and with the advice of his Privy Council, doth declare, and it is hereby declared, as follows: 1. The provisions of Section 91 of "The Patents and Designs Act, 1907," as amended by "The Patents and Designs Act, 1914," and "The Patents and Designs Act, 1919," shall apply to the Serb-Croat-Slovene State. And it is hereby further declared that the Order in Council dated the 26th day of June, 1884,* by which Order the provisions of Section 103 of "The Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Act, 1883," were applied to Serbia amongst other Foreign Countries, shall be repealed, in so far as it relates to Serbia, as from the date of the coming into force of this Order. 2. This Order shall take effect from the 26th day of February, 1921. ALMERIC FITZROY. SPEECH of the King on the Opening of the British Parliament.--Westminster, February 15, 1921. My Lords and Members of the House of Commons, My relations with foreign Powers continue to be of a friendly nature. Conferences will be held at an early date in London, which will be attended by our Allies in the late war and also by representatives of Germany and Turkey. I earnestly trust that by this means further progress will be made in giving effect to the Treaties of Peace, in re-establishing concord in Europe and in restoring tranquillity in the Near East. It is my hope that the negotiations for a trade agreement with Russia will also be brought to a successful conclusion. The Duke of Connaught has inaugurated the new Councils in India, and I pray that the assumption of my subjects in India of new political responsibilities may secure progress in administration and an early appeasement of political strife. The policy of my Government in regard to Egypt, following upon the investigations of the Special Mission appointed in 1919, will be laid before you. I am glad to say that arrangements have been made to renew that personal consultation between my Ministers here and their colleagues overseas, which produced such good results during the last two years of the war and during the page 578. Vol. LXXV, + Vol. LXXIV, page 211. |