another column there published the judgment given in the Manchester' Chancery Goutt case in which exporters of knit woollen respect, of of trade mark the defendant's yarn plaintiffs manufacture. "The com ments of the Vice-Chancellor are Particularly important and. draw Attention to the growing practice of certain Interests to sail as close as Possible to the wind in competition [which cannot. be. considered Fair. The labels about which com-plant was made, were in the judge's pinion, drawn up with the intent of keeping as close to the plaintiffs' abel as possible but keeping within the law and not giving the plaintiffs fright to complain in a court, of Justice, There "was sufficient dis-motion between the two labels prevent the one being mistaken for the other, but that did not alter the intention to sail as close to the wind possible. The Judge made. re-{ference to the number of such casco that had' come before him the Inst few years. in Mauch consider' it. honest competition. Unfortunately the plaintiffs had to lore the case at law, but. in 1 the action the Judge ded ined to give the defendants their costs. When the dificuties in China concerning trademarks are considered, it is more than a pity that foreign firms. should imitate practices. in -the condemnation which they are particularly loud in China, and though the defendants gained their point, the "remarks made by the Court are sufficient. make them appear in an unfavour-Able light, which they" would do well tovgel rid of.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.