From Using Word "Cathay"
A fine of $100 is imposed upon the owner of the "Cathay" Dispensary, 162 Rue Marco Polo in the Second Special District Court yesterday when Mr. H. E. Baruksen proprietor of the Cathay Pharmacy, 131 Bubbling Well Road brought on action in which he alleged that his business name of "Cathay. which was his Own property, had been used by the defendant. He asked for damages and that the defendant be prohibited from using the word, Represented by M. Paul Premet, plaintiff asked the court to apply Article 253 of the Chinese Criminal Code which reads: "Whoever with intent to defraud other persons, forges or imitates any registered patent trade mark, shall be punished with penal servitude for a period of not more than two yeats of detention or may be cumulatively punished wih a fine of not more than 3,000 yuan,"
Giving evidence, plaintiff stated that according to a certificate delivered in August 1930 by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the name "Cathay" was pronounced as being his property for the conduct of his business. It came to his knowledge, however, that a pharmacy at 162 Rue Marco Polo was using the name.
He mentioned that the Telephone Directory mentioned this firm as the "Cathay Pharmacy" when the commercial sign at the door bore the name "Cathay Dispensary." He asked the court to forbid the defendant to use the name and asked for sentence according to law.
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