§ MR. J. D. WHITE (Dumbartonshire)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether ho is aware that various patent agents and others describe their places of business, by brass plates and otherwise, as patent offices; whether he is aware that this misdescription is misleading and induces intending patentees to go to these places of business under the impression that they are, or are officially connected with, the Patent Office; and whether he will consider the advisability of promoting legislation on the subject.
§ THE SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. KEARLEY, Devonport)I am aware of the existence of the practice referred to, and in the event of the introduction of any legislation by the Government relating to patents, I will certainly consider the desirability of dealing with it.