'File 10/7 III Trade and Commerce. Registration of trademarks and protection of inventions in the Bahrain Island'

Content

Correspondence relating to trade marks (there was no registration of trade marks in Bahrain at this period, but foreign trade mark rights applied). The file includes examples of flower basket match labels imported from Czechoslovakia by Abdul Rahman Noor Alfarsi, Bahrain, that were similar to flower brand matches manufactured in Sweden and India, 1948, and correspondence from Lysaght and Company, Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys, Cairo, relating to the agreement by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Bahrain, to publish cautionary notices regarding trade marks in the goverment gazette and to post copies of those notices in English and Arabic (examples included) on the notice board of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , 1950. The file also includes papers relating to discussions over the proposed introduction of an ordinance dealing with the registration of trade marks in Bahrain, 1950.

Extent and format

1 file (104 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliation system in use appears in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio. There is also a sequence (not circled) from 1-19, starting on folio 2.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/R/15/2/1351

Former external reference(s)

English Office files: 10/7 III

History of this record

Date(s)

4 Mar 1945-1 Dec 1950 (CE, Gregorian)

Related material

Subjects

Trade MarksTrade (practice)

People & organisations

American Consulate GeneralBahrain Political AgencySir Knight Charles Dalrymple Belgrave

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'File 10/7 III Trade and Commerce. Registration of trademarks and protection of inventions in the Bahrain Island', British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/2/1351, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/node/234> [accessed 28 November 2024]

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