No. 5. INSTRUCTIONS TO PERSONS WHO WISH TO REGISTER TRADE-MARKS. PRELIMINARY. 1. All communications relating to trade-marks, not being marks in Classes 23, 24, or 25, or Sheffield marks, should be addressed to the Comptroller, Patent Office, Trade-Marks Branch. All applications should be in the English language. They may be made by post, or left at the Patent Office, Trade-Marks Branch, 25, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C. (See also paragraphs 8 and 33.) 2. The fees in relation to trade-marks registration cannot be received at the Patent Office. They should be paid in exchange for the stamped forms required, which may be obtained at the following places : (a) The Inland Revenue Office, Royal Courts of Justice, London (Room No. 6). (b) The following Post Offices in London:The General Post Office, E.C. District Post Office, Lombard Street, E.C. 195, Whitechapel Road, E. 239, Borough High Street, S.E. 28, Eversholt Street, Camden Town, Post Office, 12, Parliament Street, S.W., or (c) The Chief Post Office of the undermentioned cities and towns:- NOTE.-Arrangements have also been made by which any of the forms required may be ordered at any Money Order Office in the United Kingdom not included in the above List. 3. The following is a list of the stamped forms under the Patents, Designs, and Trade-Marks Acts, 1883-1888, which relate to trade-marks, and which may be obtained at the places mentioned above: Of the above forms, those bearing the letters F, G, and I, are kept in stock at the various offices named in paragraph 2. Any of the others when required must be bespoken. If it should not be convenient to apply in person at any of the above offices, the forms may be ordered by persons in this country or abroad by post from the Controller of Stamps, Room No. 7, Inland Revenue Office, Somerset House, London, W.C. An application by post for forms must be accompanied by a banker's draft, or by a Money Order or Postal Order, payable to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, and crossed "Bank of England," for the value of the stamp together with the cost of the postage and of the registration of the letter in which the forms will be forwarded to the applicant. SALE OF OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. 4. The Patents, Designs, and Trade-Marks Acts, 1883-1888, and the Trade-Marks Rules, 1890, should be carefully studied. Copies of the Acts and of the Rules can be purchased at the Sale Branch of the Patent Office, 38, Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane, London, E.C. The price of the Acts and Rules together is 2s. 6d., postage, 2d.; of the Acts alone, 2s., postage, 1§d.; and of the Rules alone, 6d., postage, 1d. Sums exceeding 1s. should be remitted by Postal Order or Post Office Order. 5. Copies of the Trade-Marks Journal may also be obtained from the Sale Branch of the Patent Office, 38, Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane, London, E.C. The price of the Trade-Marks Journal is:— Nos. 1 to 509 (Years 1876 to 1887) - 1s. per number. No. 562 and following Nos. from 1 January, 1889 1s. 6d. 6d. 99 DEFINITION Of a Trade-MARK. 6. The definition of a trade-mark is given in the 64th section of the Acts, as follows: "(1.) For the purposes of this Act, a trade-mark must consist of or contain at least one of the following essential particulars: (a) A name of an individual or firm, printed, impressed, or woven in some particular and distinctive manner; or (b) A written signature or copy of a written signature of the individual or firm applying for registration thereof as a trade-mark; or (c) A distinctive device, mark, brand, heading, label, or ticket; or (d) An invented word or invented words; or (e) A word or words having no reference to the character or quality of the goods, and not being a geographical name. (2.) There may be added to any one or more of the essential particulars mentioned in this section any letters, words, or figures, or combination of letters, words, or figures, or of any of them, but the applicant for registration of any such additional matter must state in his application the essential particulars of the trade-mark, and must disclaim in his application any right to the exclusive use of the added matter, and a copy of the statement and disclaimer shall be entered on the register. (3.) Provided as follows: (i.) A person need not under this section disclaim his own name or the foreign equivalent thereof, or his place of business, but no entry of any such name shall affect the right of any owner of the same name to use that name or the foreign equivalent thereof; (ii.) Any special and distinctive word or words, letter, figure, or combination of letters or figures or of |