'الملف 10/7 III البيع والتجارة. تسجيل العلامات التجارية وحماية الابتكارات في جزيرة البحرين' [و‎‎٢‎٥] (٢٠٨/٤٩)

PLliSIAh GULF HLSIDENC^,
BAliliAIN,
26th Jaruary, 1949.
(86 /8/49)
Dear Lepartmei t,
hererence your letter L 15£'S9/74/91 of the 10th
January on the subject of pfate- t protection ir Kuvalt
arci Bahrain, ^o far as ahralr is ccncernea, ¥,e rcrv^aro
heiev-lth a copy of t report vhlch was rr^de to the inula
Office In 1939. The question croppeu up in Kuvalt last
year as a result of a proposal to establish, a clgaietle
factory at Kuwait (which Incidentally has j ov: been put into
effect) and under instructions from this hesi ency, the
Political Agent suggested to the Shaikh that a system of
registration should be introduced similar to that followed
at Bahrain. The Shaikh replied that he considered triat
any such system woulu be superfluous ir Kuwait as there v.ere
no ranuiacturers there ana stated that he was roauj, to
discipline tne cigarette factory if attempted to copy other
brards. fre are inclined to think that it is unlikely that
for the present any case of infringenient of patents or trade
marks will arise in the Gulf states anu that if one were
to arise it could probably be dealt with either under bectl r.
487 of the I.P.C or by executive action. If hovever you
cor.siuer that the position shoula be regularised the best
course will be for us to endeavour to persuade the Shaikhs
of Bahrain and Kuwait to issue their own laws regarding
patents and traue Piarks aid then to apply these laws by
frin^'s Begulatione to all persons subject to the trders-in-
courcil. If you wish this course to be followed, woulc you
kindly supply us nith a draft of a sifnple law o the sub^ec t
and of t ^ie reasons for its enactr ent. v' e will the: see i:' the
Sheikhs concerned can be persuaded to put it into force.
Yours ever,
Ki w:] ' - .
Eastern ijepartraent,
Foreign cffice,
London.