§ 19. Sir Percy Hurdasked the President of the Board of Trade whether arrangements can be made to safeguard during the war period the copyright of periodicals which suspend publication temporarily, in order to conserve paper and save shipping space?
Major Lloyd GeorgeA substantial measure of protection for the titles of periodicals, which I suppose is what my hon. Friend has in mind, can be secured by registration under the Trade Marks Act where such titles have a distinctive character. In other cases common law rights to a title may have been acquired by user. As at present advised, my right hon. Friend does not consider further measures necessary in this connection.