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Article IV.

The Tribunals of each country will decide what appellations, on account of their generic character, do not fall within the provisions of the present Arrangement, regional appellations concerning the origin of products of the vine being, however, not comprised in the reserve specified by the present Article.

Article V.

Countries which are parties to the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property and who have not adhered to the present Arrangement shall be allowed to accede on demand in the manner prescribed by Article XVI of the General Convention.

Article VI.

The present Arrangement shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be deposited at Washington not later than April 1, 1913.

It shall come into force one month after the expiration of this period, and shall have the same force and duration as the General Convention.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present Arrangement.

Done at Washington in a single copy, the 2nd June, 1911.

[Signatures omitted.]

LIST OF COUNTRIES BELONGING TO THE CONVENTION.

(This is a Translation from La Propriété Industrielle, the Monthly Organ of the International Office of the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property at Berne.)

INTERNATIONAL UNION.

States of the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property.

On the 1st January, 1913.

PRINCIPAL UNION.

(Convention of the 20th March, 1883.)

Austria.
Belgium.
Brazil.
Cuba.
Denmark and the Faroe Islands.
Dominican Republic.
France, Algeria, and colonies.
Germany.
Great Britain.
Australian Commonwealth.
Ceylon.
New Zealand.
Trinidad and Tobago.
Hungary.
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Italy.
Japan.
Mexico.
Netherlands.
Indies of the Netherlands.
Curaçoa.
Surinam.
Norway.
Portugal, with the Azores and Maderia.
Servia.
Spain.
Sweden.
Switzerland.
Tunis.
United States of America.

RESTRICTED UNION.

(Arrangements of the 14th April, 1891.)

(1.) Repression of False Indications of Origin.

Brazil.
Cuba.
France, Algeria, and colonies.
Great Britain.
Portugal, with the Azores and Maderia.
Spain.
Switzerland.
Tunis.

(2.) International Registration of Marks of Trade or Commerce.

Austria.
Belgium.
Brazil.
Cuba.
France, Algeria, and colonies.
Hungary.
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Italy.
Mexico.
Netherlands.
Indies of the Netherlands.
Surinam.
Curaçoa.
Spain.
Portugal, with the Azores and Madeira.
Switzerland.
Tunis.

OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE DEPOSIT OF RATIFICATIONS OF THE ACTS SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, THE 2nd JUNE, 1911, CONCERNING THE UNION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.

(This is a Translation of Official Notice in La Propriété Industrielle, the Monthly Organ of the International Bureau of the Union for the Protection of Industrial Property, 31st May, 1913.)

I.

CONVENTION OF THE UNION OF PARIS OF THE 20TH MARCH, 1883, FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, REVISED AT BRUSSELS, THE 14TH DECEMBER, 1900, AND AT WASHINGTON, THE 2ND JUNE, 1911.

Official Report (1st April, 1913).

In compliance with article 18 of the Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Washington, the 2nd June, 1911, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have united to proceed with the deposit of the Acts of ratification of their Governments respectively on the Convention just cited.

These Acts, having been presented and found in good and due form, are entrusted to the Secretary of State for the United States of America, to be deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States.

In proof of which has been drawn up the present report, of which a copy, duly certified, will be sent by the usual diplomatic channels to the Governments constituting the International Union for the Protection of Industrial Property.

Executed at Washington, the 1st April, 1913.

For Germany
Austria and Hungary
Dominican Republic
Spain
United States of America
France
Great Britain
Italy
Japan
Mexico
Norway
Netherlands
Portugal
Switzerland
Tunis
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[Names of signators.]

II.

ARRANGEMENT OF MADRID OF THE 14TH APRIL, 1911, CONCERNING THE REPRESSON OF FALSE INDICATIONS OF ORIGIN ON GOODS, REVISED AT WASHINGTON, THE 2ND JUNE, 1911.

Official Report (1st April, 1913).

In compliance with article 18 of the arrangement concerning the repression of false indications of origin on goods, signed at Washington, the 2nd June, 1911, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have united to proceed with the deposit of the Acts of ratification of their respective Governments on the arrangement just cited.