Commander BELLAIRSRSasked the President of the Board of Trade the time allowed in different countries, including our Dominions, in which a patent has to be worked in the country or the patent forfeited?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMSIn the countries which are parties to the International Conventions for the Protection of Industrial Property the position is governed by Article 5 of that Convention, which forbidsinter alia the revocation of a patent on the ground of failure to work, before the expiration of three years from the date of the grant of the patent.