MEMORANDUM - MR. In the Assistant Deputy he 1945, M.A. BROWNING: first paragraph Commissioner, sets forth certain the left side of the Bureau May 17, letter from of Customs, facts/relating to This trade-mark is datedApril 16, 1928); was a butt plate ing Brothers Company and covers matic” and in to the on G.M. Griffith, dated May trade-mark Brown“Auto-° side, right the the center the initials "FN". This trade-mark Browning Arms Company on October 30, 1928. ll, #24,5,071 4 registered to with the word on "Browning" name the and 1943 was, assigned PEO oe Trade-mark #283,189 registered to the Browning Arms Com~ any on August 15, 1930 covers the trade-mark with the name "Brownine" with a portrait below of John M, Browning constituting part of It is assumed that this latter trade-mark was assigned the mark. along with other or about June on commenced pany the 1932.at 17, the In Mr. papers necessary importation Thatcher's of required by the the J.M. & time Burea automatic shotguns. of 17, letter June 1932 of Customs Browning M.S. he stated Com- that the bill of sale conveyed the Browning Arms Company goodwill and the use of its name. If this assignment was actually made, and Mr. Ellis is looking into this question, there is a possibility that it was not assigned back to the Browning Arms Company at the time a contract to manufacture was: entered into by that company with the Remington Arms Company. the In view of pending discussions with following paragraph contained in a letter dated September 9, 1931 might be of Fabrique from Mr, Nationale W.1. Woodson interest? "It seems to us that Fabrique Nationale is the owner of the trade mark F.N. and that if at any time the friendly relationship that now exists between the two companies be broken off, they could successfully file a petition to cancel your F.N. registration. However, no third party can register the letters F.N. for firearms as long as your registration is on the record, so we think it best to let this registration stand as it is, but not say too much about it."