§ [SECOND READING.]
§ Order of the Day for the Second Reading read.
§ THE EARL OF GRANARDMy Lords, this is a very small Bill. It became necessary to amend Section 91 of the original Act owing to a Convention which was held at Washington in 1911, whereby certain proposals were agreed to on behalf of this country. One of them it was found impossible to incorporate except by an Act of Parliament. The object of this Bill is simply to provide that the rights conferred by Section 91 of the Patents and Designs Act, 1907, on a person who has applied for protection for any invention, design, or trade mark in a foreign State shall extend to his legal representatives and assignees, and accordingly subsection (1) of that section is to have effect as if after the words "any person who has applied for protection for any invention, design, or trade mark in that State" there were inserted the words "or his legal representative or assignee."
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 2ª.—(The Earl of Granard.)
§ On Question, Bill read 2ª and committed to a Committee of the Whole House To-morrow.