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There is -re-ented. hierewith lor c-nsti'eratim Or the co urittee various
-eth-dc1 b- v'.Aic-. control of Stle Pi:ic. r.i-.nt be estA.b)'ished for the
i .,. ustry. In order thiat t',e i._'_,tr,. ., t Ktain a -.iethod best fitted
for the Ladies' ".dbp.c ILdustry, we req.--ested. .e art.-ie.its of the Admini"
tr.tion to write a -rovision tj'L-.t v'ould be acc:t: ole ;O the AdIminis-
r- tiona and at t.ic same time zive the i:.- ,str 'l the op-m)rtunity to es-
tau-ish .i. control this i.iLrrtant f .':ctib.. inere .re -.resented here-
with three :r:,visions.

Provision iTo. I suLH:ested b; te A'rbitration Society of America does
not set up in .-etail ,'n rules a-..I .' -ulations, but rather a method
of procedure. It is not certain tlha.t this provision. vould be accepted i
-- the ;jepo-'t-:.e-t of the A., i.i Lstration since it does not exclude in-
frin;;ement on pattern: a.dcopyrifats.

Provision ..'. 2 was rendered by "h'. Howard >odfn o tn.e Planning and
tecearch Le-artiie.,t of the AC-ministration. Thlis revision is more ex- i
plicit and Gives greater details for the method o- establishing and
maint.:-_,i-*, of such a bureau for reistration. This onrvision would
be acceptable to the Arministration.

Provi i we, s written by Mr. Elwell of the Le-al Department of
the .' .: r. "on and we believe one most suited t-) our industry.
"'' 2-". .'*' lly is interested in the subject of Style Piracy and
', h- t'c .; aunderstt,-iLiAC,-i of what industry requires to be pro-
 tcc tr. eL Piracy. EIr. Elwell undert:-,I- to 'rite this pro-
visior 3 ca oar p),rticular needs and we are *1f tiie opinion ta.t it
 cov '* as posib the requirements o.-f o'.L i..-.ustry. This
prtv'y:. -. be acce tabL t'o the Legal Dep-.rtrient of the Acdinis-


7c hare s'.--;tj as rt .f our re-,ort infor2m.ti:,n fur-nished by various
sources who !ire noin en.- edi-u the 7or': of re:i-tr.fi n of designs I
for vraricus icdustries. I'iese reports outline the methods and machinery
for the est,,blisfnent of registration Tor styles anr. d,-c.ins vihich are 1
now beinL, operated b: various industries. Al s-.eci-il report from
the Design le-istra-tion luarau contini:,- an estimate if the costs sand f
the m.n..er of applying these costs to the members of the industry who
wish to avail their.selves of the protection of the Bureau.

It must be uunder:tood that the only method of c-nforce,,IeLt is the Code ii
of the ITdustry .d that in ordCer to establish Style Piracy for the ;
industry, th: t it will be necessary to czs7 an', bt.in from the Adminis-j
ration pr.'rpe ,iend.uents to the Code as provided for Iy the Code.



 A. I-ittenthal .'
 Code Director


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