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Christmas  Seal,  consequently  unusual  efforts  must  be  put  into  the 
sale  this  year. 
Many  druggists  have  been  aiding  this  worthy  enterprise  by 
assisting  in  the  sale  of  these  stamps  and  every  druggist  in  the 
country  should  be  willing  to  contribute,  if  nothing  more,  the  time 
and  energy  required  to  make  his  store  a  successful  sub-station  for 
the  sale  of  these  seals. 
Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.'s  Successful  Fight  Against  a 
Japanese  Fraud. — After  six  years  of  expensive  litigation  in  the 
Japanese  courts,  Messrs.  Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.,  the  well-known 
London  manufacturers  of  medicinal  products,  have  succeeded  in 
suppressing  a  fraud  that  was  most  deliberately  planned  and  au- 
daciously executed.  A  Japanese  imitation  of  "  Hazeline  Snow," 
one  of  their  toilet  products,  was  offered  for  sale  in  China. 
In  preparation  for  the  fraud  the  Japanese  vendors  endeavored 
to  legalize  their  preparation  by  registration  in  Japan  of  three  trade- 
marks associated  with  the  genuine  product.  These  registrations 
covered  an  imitation  of  the  general  design  of  the  Burroughs  Well- 
come Label,  specific  details  including  the  title  "  Hazeline  Snow," 
and  a  copy  of  the  Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.  Chinese  label  in- 
cluding their  well-known  "  Unicorn  "  device  trade-mark. 
With  the  aid  of  the  local  British  consuls,  the  sale  of  the  spurious 
article  was  forbidden  in  various  parts  of  China  by  means  of  local 
proclamations.  Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co.  have  carried  their  suit 
to  a  successful  issue  and  the  Japanese  Patent  Court  has  invalidated 
the  three  trade-marks  and  further  awarded  to  them  the  costs  of  the 
trials. 
