Entreprise Nationale L. et C. Hardtmuth, Fabrique de Crayons Koh-i-noor v. Fabrique de Crayons Koh-i-noor, L. et C. Hardtmuth.

Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial limits of — Foreign confiscatory legislation — Effect on assets situate abroad — Effect on trade-marks registered in international register and in register of State of forum — The law of France.

Recognition of acts of foreign Governments — Legislative acts — Foreign confiscatory legislation — Partnership business expropriated in Czechoslovakia — Subsequent formation of French company by expropriated partners — International registration of trade-marks by Czechoslovak “National Enterprise” substituted for expropriated partnership — Whether “National Enterprise” or French company entitled to use trade-marks — Madrid Arrangement for International Registration of Marks of Manufacture, 1891 — Relevance of discrimination — Public policy — The law of France.