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 Central Industrial Desi,:n -ee"i tr- tion bureauu

 The Council believes that the next step i. for the industry having
such --protection to use a central I-rdu.trial jDeci;,n -.egistration Bureau,
Fsr all industrial _roups having the coGi'.:n n-cblem f design pr ,tioe-
such a bureau is entirely practical, exroeient and less costly then the
establishment of a sea-rate bureau in each industry for the following
reasons:

 1. The problem of design -rotecticn is not only the affair of
competitors within an industry. Th-e ori, inator of thie design, the seller
and the public all have an interest. Onl. a central registration Bureau
can protect all of these inter ests.

 2. If each industry sets uti its :'r. bureau, it .iust "'orl: out
the standards, the pr-xce(i.re 1u1d. the r.ietnod-s. !'L)st industries have
not the experts to do this. Consequently there ,,:ul'. be a variety of
aethods and wide differences in pl:;nnin-; c.. eifectivsress. These can
be avoided in a central registrati,-1 burea-u.

 3, The cost of maintaining; a bureau i:- eac;',. industry, to conduct
an expert rc:.Jitration search'and chec:in- s'ste., is in many instances
prohibitive, 77ith a central registration Lureau, the industry assmies
little or no financial responsibility, the cienbers vrho register articles
beari.,- only the' cost of their own search.

 4A The secrecy necessary to protect t a. registrable dlesicgn is
rarel,' obL'.ina.ble in an industry where a bureau is o-perr.ted by con- :
petitors, o .-i slikhteot leak' may result in the copy' bein(- on the marizea
before tic ori-iolal can be protect. CInl.- a central r-fistration bureau
con.uztpd umider neutral suspices-, assures confidential :e-'vice. ii

 Protection o_ Dedions in the Textile Field i

 The succI-; of the Industrial Desifn Teistr.Ati n Bureau of the
"ationvl Federation oi ?e-:tiles,.- Inc., ha.s roven tiat the control of
design pir-cy is a realizable ideal.A practical system, such as that
now in use at the bureau, can be utilized by an industry desirous of
protecting its designs. :

 Five years ado, the stealing of designs in the sill: industry was
common practice. IT)w a case of design pir:..cy is a sensational story,
for the Bureau has been lr.iost a hundred -percent successful in its
protection of ori;i-.i-1 desiniIns.

 The necescci, for re istration is ,: -,rert. in every industry
having- a :erir piracy problem. ... exiT'tir I.i ustri-il Design R.egis- ,
tration Bureau is now available to other i.,.ustrial groups. It operated
this way:

 First Step Tov.ards 7.e-;istration

 Operation of a registration service for designs in any industry
is possible only with the agreement of all memberss of an industry to
submit all designs to a central clearing- house. ShoulC the number of


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