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23 Bull. U.S. Trade-Mark Ass'n 43 (1928)
Issue 3

handle is hein.journals/bustdmk23 and id is 47 raw text is: BULLETIN OF THE aniteb &tates; Erabe=Bark Reociation NEW SERIES Vol. 23 MARCH, 1928 No. 3 THE VESTAL BILL H. R. 6688-H. R. 11988 The Trade-Mark Bill, known as H. R. 6683, introduced by Mr. Vestal, Chairman of the House Committee on Patents, on December 9, 1927, was a modified draft of the bill that has been before Congress in sundry forms for upwards of three years (Bulletin, Vol. 20, pp. 239-286; Vol. 22, pp. 1-46.) Under date of January 23, 1928, another trade-mark bill, S. 2744, was introduced by Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, and referred to the Committee on Patents of the Senate. This bill was sponsored by the Boston Patent Law Association, and drafted by Mr. Stoughton Bell, of Boston, a Director of this Association. It embodied substantially the provisions of the Vestal Bill, omitting or modifying those features of previous bills to which objections had chiefly been made. A hearing on the Vestal Bill was noticed before the House Committee on Patents for Friday, March 9, 1928, at 10 o'clock. The Commissioner of Patents called a conference for the preceding day at his office, which was attended by Com- missioner Robertson, one of the law examiners, and the Examiner of Trade-Marks in the Patent Office, by representatives of the American Bar Association, proponents of the Vestal Bill, and by representatives of organizations that have hitherto opposed or criticized the bill, to wit, the American Patent Law Association, the Boston Patent Law Association, the New York Patent Law NoTE:-The publication of this issue has been somewhat delayed in order that any important changes in the Vestal Bill resulting from the hearing held March 30-31 might be incorporated in this article.-ED.