§ Mr. WARDLAW-MILNEasked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the case of the patents in connection with motor cycle and cycle saddles in the name of Victor A. Terry, of Redditch, Worcestershire, the value of which has been lost to the patentee in Italy, and the principles of the patent exploited to the patentee's detriment by Italian manufacturers in view of the fact that the Italian Government have not modified their laws in accordance with the Hague Convention Regulations of 1925, which became operative in Italy on the 1st June, 1928; whether he will bring to the 249W notice of the Italian Government the hardship and loss thus occasioned to this British patent owner and represent the desirability of retrospective legislation being passed at once to prevent this result arising from the failure of the Italian Government to carry out its obligations?
§ Mr. W. GRAHAMI have just received particulars of the case referred to, and as I have already indicated in answer to the hon. Member's oral question on the subject of British patent rights in Italy, I am considering whether any official action should be taken.