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designs in use be ovcrv, 1elmrl,-lyy large, a com-nittee reI->resenting the
industry may :, .rce th-.t )rlj dei i:.3 in use after a certain d:.te are
to be submitted.

 Procedure at the "-r..re-u

(Textile Divi.si.-n)
 (a) Secrcy ien the oximer brings the colored sketch of the
design tD t-.e 7:ureau, it is given to the entry clerk wvo removes tnec
nane and su':stitutes a sziibol. The s..etch is then sent to the search-
ing room lor c.3rNLrison. T>:" entry clerk is the only -erson in the
Bureau -vio .'.x.v.s to whom it belong s. There is no chance of a lekngo,
- no nemnes i,.advertently overheard, no buyers seen by chance in the
offices.

 (b) Search and Cormparison '.7'.on it reaches the searchirrn room,
the dcsidn is first photoraphed. :;-:i it is classified. under various
general neadinos geometrical, floral, etc., ane. cross-referenced to
insure a-cc-racy in search. The 'hotorah next goes to the expert
searchers ',,ho cor-ir'e it with previously filed entries of its t,-ec and
classification. If no conflict is discovered, the sizetch is strnped
as original, sent back to th.e entry clerk and returned to its over.
The whole operation takes forty-eight hours A day and a night staff
of searcners 'c employee, for there --.re 'it present come forty-four
thousand designs on file.

 (c) Time L'imit Rejalations '..',,cn the owner receives his sketch
again, he must be prepared to print it and return a finished "swatch"
of the material to the Bi.reau within thirty d- This is to prcvent
manufacturers fr buyin:.. up .all the likely designs for years '..cad
and to ins-ire th.-.t every ;.esi n'they reister is intenJ.ed for immediate
use. ReListraticn is o'r. for one ye r and nay Lc exter',ed to two.
 (d) Procedure : -r. elcction- If the ce-i.-,in wa,-ears to conflict
with a reviouz entry, it. is checked three tires before final rejection.
Distriouti -n of color is t.-:en -into account, sli.-ht chances in line or
contour are nit considered but every care is taken to .ive a fair
decision o, tic oasis of bs t ituti n fro:-. thic vic-i':,int of thc vera. e
li2er or consumer.

 An ov'ner may occasionally question the 3hirc7-u's rejection. In
such cases, the conflicting entries are *-'. to a c. ittee ')f even
reprepeentin. iifierent branches of the industry. Before Lii.7 sent to
the commiLtee, even the symbols rare 'c-ved from the entries as an
absolute cafe,-.,rd. For a decision five ile'-,crs are rcquirci to vote
and the ,ecisi.a is final vhe.: .ivcni by -. majority.

 (e) Provisional Rules A set of P.-'visional Rules of the -. "tional
Council on Leci-r. Protection has been drawm up, a.nd these rules con-
stitute part of ;his plan*

 Procedure f.-r Othier I:utries....

 tMhile the system set forth above ias- bee.'-- f:u'." sL'.ccez-ful in the
textile anc. leather fields, the rules -.. be altered to meet the nee..'s

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