GRANDE - BRETAGNE , EQUATEUR
Convention relative à la protection des marques et dessins de commerce; signée à Quito le 26 août 1892*).
Parliamentary Papers presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. March {893. [C. — 69 i 7].
Her Majesty ihe Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, and his Excellency the Président of Ecuador, desiring to conclude a Convention for the reciprocal protection of trademarks and designs, have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries , that is to say:
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India, William Henry Doveton Haggard , Esq. , Her Britannic Majesty's Minister Résident and Consul - General at Quito, &c, &c. ; and
His Excellency the Président of Ecuador , Senor Don Pedro José Cevallos, his Minister Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs , &c, &c;
Who, having communicated to each other their Full Powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon the following Articles: —
Article I.
The subjects of each of the Contracting Parties shall have in the dominions and possessions of the other the same rights as are now granted, or may hereafter be granted, to native subjects or to subjects of the most favoured nation in ail that relates to trade-marks, industrial designs, and patterns.
In order that such rights may be obtained, the formalities required by the laws of the respective countries must be fulfilled.
Article II.
The stipulations of the présent Convention shall be applicable to ail the Colonies and foreign possessions of Her Britannic Majesty, excepting to those hereinafter named, that is to say, except to —
India.
The Dominion of Canada.
Newfoundland.
The Cape of Good Hope.
Natal.
New South Wales.
Victoria.
*) Les ratifications ont été échangées à Quito le 3 février 1893.
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Queensland.
Tas mania.
South Australia.
Western Australia.
New Zealand.
Provided always that the stipulations of the présent Convention shall be made applicable to any of the above - mentioned Colonies or foreign possessions on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's Représentative to the Président of Ecuador within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the présent Convention.
Article III.
The présent Convention shall be ratified , and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Quito as soon as possible.
It shall corne into opération one month after the exchange of ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either Party may give notice of its intention to terminate it.
In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done in duplicate at Quito , the twenty - sixth day of August , one thousand eight hundred and ninety - two.
(Signed) (L. S.) W. H. D. Haggard.
(L. S.) Pedro José Cevallos.
List of British Colonies and foreign Possessions which have acceded to the above Convention under Article II : —
