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'File 10/7 III Trade and Commerce. Registration of trademarks and protection of inventions in the Bahrain Island' [‎17r] (33/208)

The record is made up of 1 file (104 folios). It was created in 4 Mar 1945-1 Dec 1950. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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Bahrain.
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Hp B. I 's. PoiiticaLl Agent,
Bahrain.
Respec-cecL 3ir,
;e have recently been in coui^unication with our Principal^
the ooio l\atch forks, Prague, Czechoslovakia with a view to th^ir sup
plying us matches with labels somewhat similar to the owedish i ?low^r ■
Basket brand and the Three Jtars brand, ve give below an extract xTom
a letter daced the l^th. inst. from our x^rincipals in this resj ectj-
"As to the Flower Brand we coula supply it also but it mus^
not be forgotten that there are trade marK rights and an Imi
tation of that brand from our side could have heavy conse--
quences lor you. ..e should be ready to supply you the Slower i
brand as per design sent to us or somewhat altered but vvith- ^
out any responsibility from our side. Riease kindly let us
know whether you agree to this."
,7e shall be very much obliged if you will kindly advise us
whether the Iwedish or Indian factories hold any trade mark" rights for &
the brands in question covering sales in Bahrain and Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ports.
ie intend to request our ^rinciiais to produce a label more
or less similar uo the Swedish Flower basKet label but with some sli .'h
alterations in the design or colours ox the flowers and also a label
with three green stars and to call the label Just "Green otars". The f
Swedish label has three red stars and is called "Three Stars '.
our advice in this respect will be highly ap^ reciateci
Thanking you in aavance, we remain. Respected Sir,
Yours faitaxuily,
mculhar .r .'an. M. M. A lfarsi.
c.c. file.
r .S. For your information we would advise that an Indian imitation
oi u e Flower Basket brand called the Flower brand is on sale here
in Bahrain and there does not appear to D e any objection to this imi
tation. We enclose a sample of the Swedish Flower Basket label and
a sample of the Indian imitation the Flower brand. As our proposecl
labels will also be an imitation of the Flower basket with some slight
alterations we iksm think there ill be no objections to it^.

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Correspondence relating to trade marks (there was no registration of trade marks in Bahrain at this period, but foreign trade mark rights applied). The file includes examples of flower basket match labels imported from Czechoslovakia by Abdul Rahman Noor Alfarsi, Bahrain, that were similar to flower brand matches manufactured in Sweden and India, 1948, and correspondence from Lysaght and Company, Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, Cairo, relating to the agreement by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, to publish cautionary notices regarding trade marks in the goverment gazette and to post copies of those notices in English and Arabic (examples included) on the notice board of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 1950. The file also includes papers relating to discussions over the proposed introduction of an ordinance dealing with the registration of trade marks in Bahrain, 1950.

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1 file (104 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: The foliation system in use appears in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio. There is also a sequence (not circled) from 1-19, starting on folio 2.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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