§ 1. Mr. MANVILLEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether an application for the renewal of a licence granted by a German company to an English company under a German patent (which licence is deemed cancelled under Article 310 of the Treaty of Peace) has to be made to the mixed tribunal referred to in Articles 304 and 310 of the Treaty in default of agreement between the parties; whether the tribunal will sit in England or elsewhere; whether such tribunal has been appointed and whether any rules of procedure exist; and, if not, when is it proposed to set up the necessary machinery to enable an English licensee to compel the renewal of a licence under a German patent.
§ The PRESIDENT of the BOARD of TRADE (Sir Robert Horne)A British company, which was at the outbreak of War a licensee of a German company under a German patent, has the right under Article 310 of the Treaty of Peace to demand from the German company, within six months after the coming into force of the Treaty, the grant of a new licence, the conditions of which, in default of agreement between the parties, shall be fixed by the mixed arbitral tribunal. It is not yet decided at what place or places that tribunal will sit; it is being established and will, I hope, shortly be fully constituted. Under the Treaty the tribunal will lay down its own rules of procedure.