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 CONVENTION WITH FRANCE. Arm!. 16, 1869. 771 Convention between the United States of America and Mmm concerning Dade Marks. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: April 10, 1869. A PROCLAMATION. Wnnnnas a convention between the United States of America and his Prembls. imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French was concluded and signed by their respective plenipoteutiaries at the city of Washington on the sixteenth day of April last, which convention, being in the English and French languages, is word for word as follows:-— The United States of America Sa Majestél’Empereur des Fran- contracting and his Majesty the Emperor of the gais et les tats-Unis d’Amérique, P¤1‘¤i6¤· French, desiring to secure in their désirant assurer, sur leurs territoires respective territories a guarantee of respectifs, la garantie de la propriété property in trade marks, have re- des marquee de fabrique, ont résolu solved to conclude a special conven- de conclure, a cet eiiet une convention for this purpose, and have named tion spéciale, et ont uommé pour as their plenipotentiaries: the Pres- leurs plénipotentiaires, savoir, S. M. ident of the United States, Hamilton l’Empereur des Francais le Sieur J. Fish, Secretary of State, and his Berthemy,_Commandeur de l’Ordre Majesty the Emperor of the French, Imperial de Ia Legion d’Honneur, J. Berthemy, Commander of the &c., &c., &c., accrédité comme son Imperial Order of the Legion of envoyé extraordinaire et ministre Honor, &c., &c., dce., accredited as plénipotentiaire pres les Etats·Unis his envoy extraordinary and minister d’Amérique, et le President des plenipotentiary to the United States; Etats-Unis le Eieur Hamilton Fish, and the said plenipotentiaries, after Secretaire d’ tat, lesquels, apres an examination of their respective s’étre communiqué leurs pleins poufull powers, which were found to be voirs respectifs, trouvés en bonne et in good and due form, have agreed due forme, ont arrété et signé les to and signed the following articles: articles suivants: ARTICLE I. Anrrctn I. Every reproduction in one of the Toute reproduction dans 1’un des Counterfeiting two countries of trade marks anixed deux pays des marques de fabriquo *':‘:°°*;;k°fb:_° in the other to certain merchandise apposées dans 1’autre sur certaines 5L,,,,;,,, to prove its origin and quality, is marchandises, pour constater leur forbidden, and shall give ground for origine et leur qualité, est interdite, an action for damages in favor of et pourra. donner lieu a une action the injured party, to be prosecuted en dommagesdntéréts, valablement in the courts of the country in which exercée par la partie lésée, devant the counterfeit shall be proven, just les tribunaux du pays ou la contreas if the plaintiff were a. subject or falcon aura eté constatée, au meme citizen of that country. titre que si le plaignant était sujet The exclusive right muse a trade ou citoyen de ce pays. mark for the benetit of citizens of Le droit exclnsif d’exploiter une ggghtmm the United States in France, or of marque do fabrique ne peut avoir, trade markw French subjects in the territory of au protit des citoyeus des Etats-Unis lm h°"l°"8° the United States, cannot exist for en France, ou des Francais sur le a longer period than that tixed by territoire des Etats·Unis, une durée