HC Deb 16 November 1916 vol 87 cc1030-1W
Major HUNT

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the British Incandescent Mantle Works, Limited, have been working at full speed in turning out Veritas mantles, the whole of which output is taken by Falk, Stadelmann and Company, Limited; whether he is aware that the demand for these mantles is so great that Messrs. Falk, Stadelmann and Company, Limited, are having additional supplies made by Joseph T. Robin, Limited, the managing director of which is Joseph T. Robin, the Government adviser on incandescent mantles, to meet the demand; and whether it is with the sanction of the Board of Trade that such mantles are marked "Veritas," the trade mark of the British Incandescent Works, Limited, an enemy firm now being wound up?

Mr. PRETYMAN

The trade mark referred to is registered in the name of Messrs. Falk, Stadelmann and Company, Limited, and not in that of the British Incandescent Mantle Works, and the former company are therefore entitled to use it upon the mantles they sell, and have them manufactured with the mark by any firm they please.