Trade Marks And Public
WELLINGTON. Tue. (P.A.)—Regis* tration of trade marks lulled the public into a false sense of confidence concerning the quality of seme goods and made many people easy victims of exploitation, said an executive officer of the New Zealand Standards Institute (Mr L. J. McDonald), in evidence today before the Patents Commission. He quoted examples of price differences between non-proprietary and proprietary trade-marked lines which, he said, were the same basic product. He said the only effective way to avoid this was to relate the criteria contained in the standard specifications to the registration of trade marks or brands. In a statement presented on behalf of Federated Farmers, Mr A. P. O'Shea proposed a thorough examination of all patents affecting' primary industries so that farmers should not be asked to pay for things or processes either not novel or obvious adaptations of things already in existence. Mr O’Shea also submitted that there should be a scrutiny of overseas patents so that no article in common use in farming in New Zealand could be patented elsewhere.
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Northern Advocate, 1 December 1948, Page 9
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178Trade Marks And Public Northern Advocate, 1 December 1948, Page 9
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