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of ..ny industry. A C)rmmittee .Li Desii.' Protection cjnsistinr- of members
of the industry may vwo)rk out a s')ecial technique suited to that particul
industry. Such a committee would have three functions:

 1. Firstly, it would decic.e -"reli "inn.;.," questions which lie
entirely within the scope of the inu.i.-t-.- nuch as:

 a) Vfh-..t constitutes -ta'ile or 't'r:d.j.r'-. ,jesi ns. (These
 should be sepe.-.ted j ,. coir.ittee r-".- the recis-
 trable designs.)

 b) For howr long a -.,eriod shoul& -rtectioni be afforded
 by re-:istration.

 c) Should such re ictrazioi be lre':ewable 9-.'.. if so for
 hovi lonC a -r'eriod.

 d) Should owners 1' bee" i,_.. *'ivile:-c0 tD lease them
 to other :.eemiL'ers .1' t.' ile .u t ':.

 2. Secondly, the committee ,.,ul.'. :-.cid.e 'Lhot f-:'in of reistratilon,
was best suited to the inc-u.str- ...,' v:,iethe,'- to cet u, ?n individual
I.ure?.u or to use the existi'.._ I;. *trial L'ei,-3- 2-istration Bureau.

 3. If the decision i- ,.ade t use the existin ?ureau, the third
function of the conittee wyculd be tD a,-".v-n, e with the staff of the
L.ureau technical details of rc :ist-:.. tion such -is fees, time allowed
for searching the files, an2 other intte'-s -.ff-ctinh tie processs of
reL:istration in the inc.us'try.

 ITowODeri.,s are Protected.

 It will be seen that t.ic c;-stem does mn-,re than merely assure a
priority ri'-it in case of liti-'ti.n. It 7.ctually prevents copies
from reaching the maret. Tach accur-ted int.-y i? stt:,qpec before it
leaves the 2,_u'eau, and that ct:-uip ic D-P a.ts-Lrance th-Lt subsequent
conflicting; entries will be re ejected. The printers dyers and enCraverSg
will not wor'- on a desi.-- u-iless it o"c,..rz the st:fmlj tf the :.ureau.

 This arrane-ient .' was in fJll "',rce t%'."e -.ears bef jre Codes came
into effect. It should. certainly be --ossible t-, evolve P. similar
system in other i.idustries needii- pr-.tectisn jr toi arranLe t have
them use the -,re.ent system, es Fci.lly n,.w that C-:des of f.ir Con-
petition offer to ii:'.u-tryV the -p:-rtu:-.it:- it 1:'.s lonw r:'. cited to |
establish firmly the basic p',:cedu.re -f fr.ir v.r.ctice.

 Situati ;. C.'-.2-;ed. b'- C:,des

 All atteimT'-ts to obtain Federr.l lejislhti ni prohibiting CLesiCn
piracy ,.->ve so far been unsuccessful, and existin-: la,.vs do not appear
to provide .:--ecuate protecti-in f)r dei.irs.

 Codes of Fair Competiti-n completely c'.-I.nLe the situation.
1) C:'es a'-:e the protection selective; that is, indCustries Aishinuc
protection can obtain it; e.iil industries which h Cd ni-t riant it are not
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