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 TEXTILE DESIGN REGISTRATION 3EAU. 4
 468 -UlRTI: AVEMj' '
 .' IMET YORK, i1. Y.

 June 11, 1934..

Mr, A. iitenthal '
Code Administrator, Handbag Industry
303 Fifth Avenue
Ner York, 1T?' Y. '

Dear Er. Liitenthal:

You have asked me to outline for you briefly our elan for design regis-
tration as ne follow it vith the Ind.ustrial Design Registration Bureau.i
First of all, I might say that this plan is essentially to prevent
piracy a;"d therefore it involves a method of filing photostatic copies
of designs which form fili:." system whereby ne. designs after they arei
received, are compared vith those already, filed mnd given or denied
regi station, I

As you stated that the Handbag Inductry- did not vwant complete protection
at this time, that is, compulsory submittal of every design, the servi4
in this case would consist of receiving such designs as the industry
desired to have registered, thus establishing a date of first use thic
later, if desired, could be used by your Code Authority as a means of,
enforcing your piracy clause, forbidding, I understand, the copying of|
designs in the industry.

The handbags are submitted in whatever form you wish, together with in"|
formation as to vAat are considered the "re-isterable features;" in
other words, what particular features of the bag are considered neu
and different.

As in every other industry, 7e ,ssume that there are certain staple
types of bags on which no one is entitled to protection. These would
be classified by the Bureau as staples. The e:ztent of protection would
be that of substitution by the average laytian in accordance with pre-
vious ?recedents laid dov-m in Patent Office cases.

The charge, subject to confirmation by our Comnr-iittee on Design Regis-
tration, would be probably $5 a design with a fee of $2 if the design
is rejected. This, we believe, would cover the e:cpenses of the Bureau,
but it is our custom, When extending this service, to require a gu.aranqt
front the organization requesting it to the effect that any deficit at
the enIc. of a specified period shall be met by the industry, and that
this .uLaranty shall also prevail if, aIt alrT time, the service is dis-
continued by the industry.

We do not believe, ho'7ever, that there would be any occasion for the
exercise of this ,Tuaruanti if the fee is $5. I informed you the other
day that the fee was $4, but I find now that the minimum for rhich .Toe
rwill t2.::e a new service will bc $5.


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