The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-15 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

EQUITY COURT.
(Before the Master of the Rolls.)

The plaintiffs in this suit were lace merchants, carrying
on their business in England and at Calais; and the object of
this mit was to restrain the defendant " from selling or
dens; or exposing, for sale any lace manufactured accord-
*to the plaintiff* design, and which design had been re-
otrol under the provision of the Designs Copyright Act,
tie J and t; Vic., c. 100." The defendant in the first instance
&muted to the bill, on the ground that it did not on the
brt of it show a due compliance by the plaintiff with the
uo ion of the above-mentioned act, and of the subsequent
;titles' of the 21st and 22nd Vick, a. 70, and the 24th
.2:,th Viet., c. 73, regulating the copyright
desiges. On the demurrer coming on to be
ho.d. )esterday, his Honour overruled it ; and a
not on war now made for an injunction in the terms above
sated. The question depended upon the construction of
tie sbure.tnentioned statutes. It appeared that the defendant
hd purchased some of the plaintiffs' lace in France, and
hiring dour so, made other lace of a similar pattern and
all it here; by which the plaintiffs contended that he had
hohiged their registered copyright. The defendant, in an-
on.' insisted that the plaintiffs, though they had registered
their design, had not placed on their pattern of the lace the
roper mark, as required by the statutes, in consequence of
etch the defendant was not aware that the design of the
phiatiffs, which they said he had copied, wasdnly registered.
Tic plaintiffs, therefore, were not entitled to restrain him
from selling his lace on the ground that there was an in-
fragment of their registered design. The plaintiffs, in
reply. urged that, being foreigners, they had done all which
by the statutes they were bound to do to secure their mono-
pols•
Mr. BaggalLty, Q.C., and Mr. Fooks appeared for the
pkintstis ; and Mr. Selwyn, Q.C., and Mr. Fouling for the
asfealant.
His Honour, without calling upon the latter gentlemen
oc behalf of the defendant, said that he was of opinion,
moo the evidence, that the plaintiffs had not complied with
sli the requisition of the statute in question, an they had
'not affixed the proper mark to their registered patterns.
The statutes, which were very general in their scope,
and remedial in their character, applied to sales by any one,
whether an Englishman or a foreigner, of any registered
design either here or abroad, and precluded anybody, who
hal not fully complied with all the provisions in them, from
deriving any benefit under them. The result was that the
motion must be refused and with costa.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

Sttinp in lisato.—(Belore Just-iced Wightman, Cromp-
tea, aad Mellor.)

Mr. caw, action tried at the last
Middleeiex sitting before the Lord Chief Justice, when a
verdict was returned for the plaintiff, damages 241. He
moved pursuant to leave reserved for a rule calling upon the
plaintiff to show cause why the verdict should not beentered
for the defendant. The plaintiff had for acme time cohabited
with Miss Temple, the defendant's daughter. She had a child
in the Lying-in Hospital, and shortly after died. The
plaintiff, who denied he was the father of the child, main-
tained it for the short time it lived, and paid the funeral
eipeuies, and he brought his action against the defendant,
administreArix of the deceased daughter, to recover what
he had paid for the child's maintenance and the funeral ex-
penses. Twelve pounds were paid into noon as sufficient
to meet the funeral expenses. The question turned upon
the maintenance of the bastard child, which the plaintiff
denied was his, and unfortunately, for the best
of reasons, the unfortunate mother could not be
called. The parties had, however, cohabited for
some time, and the deceased had weed as his
wife. There were special counts for lodging, &a., and eon-
tract for payment, bat they failed. The Lord Chief Justice
directed the jury, with leave to the plaintiff to move the
court, that there was a legal liability on the administratrix
to maintain the bastard child.

- Mr. interrupted the learned counsel,
eszieg hoeo=lave a role as it was a matter that re•
gum
Rule Fasted.