The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

THE REGISTERED PALETOT CASE

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—In your report of the proceedings before the Vice-
Chancellor of England on Saturday, June 12th, you describe
ourselves as receiving the protection of the Court in respect to
an infringement of our patented right to an invention, and by
an assumption of the title by which it has been publicly known.
From the great popularity we have attained by the sale of the
subject of the injunction, a garment styled the Registered
Paletot, of Llama Cloth, it may be assumed that the public will
be somewhat interested with the precise facts of the case.
It has already been described, that, when first introducing
our invention, we with much care selected a name hitherto un-
known in this country; as, tracing the origin of the word pa-
letot, it was shown that it was derived from the Greek, adopted
by the Roman, and afterwards by the French linguists. " Cir-
cumjicitur corpori pallium habitus Griecorum" ; by Bayley,
thus, paletoque, or pallescote, a coat with sleeves.
That we exercised due caution in selecting an unusual name
has, by the result of these recent proceedings in the Court of
Chancery, been fully proved. For such, unfortunately, is the
state of competition of trade, or the envy of individuals engaged
in it, that, should eminent patronage and success attend any
member in particular, he is immediately subjected to the like
injury of which we have had cause to complain. Now, had we
advertised our invention simply as a new overcoat, it is more
than probable that, ere this, we should have been confounded
with the many advertisers that since our appearance before the
public have assumed a somewhat similar description to that
which from the first has been employed by us.
The defendant in this case, being perhaps more conspicuous
than the rest, was first selected to be an example, as we are now
determined to enforce our rightful claim to the originality (as
far as regards the English language) of the title Registered
Paletot of Llama Cloth; but yet being unwilling to proceed
against those who may have unguardedly used a similar title
without first giving them notice. We would, therefore, respect-
fully beg permission, through the medium of your columns,
now to notify this our intention with regard to all present Or
future copyists; for it would appear from the affidavits made
by Messrs. llawbarn and Son, of Liverpool, Messrs. Waring
and
and Son, of Birmingha as, also, many of our other influential
agents, that they have' experienced equal inconvenience with
ourselves through so many tradesmen in their neighbourhood
assuming the same, or a similar unauthorized, title to that of
the Registered Paletot of Llama Cloth. It may be judicious
here to explain, that we believe that, had a continuance of these
unfair proceedings been allowed, we should have been seriously
injured should purchasers have been induced to believe that
these piracies were articles of our manufacture, the moderate
charge and excellence of which has induced patronage, extend-
ing from the Royal families, both here and on the continent,
together with the principal members of the court and the pro-
fessions, as, also, general favour with the great middle classes
of this country.
Being well aware of the interest taken by the press in discou-
raging all grievous annoyances that may affect industrious
energy or deter persons with capital from developing any new
manufacture. we unhesitatingly present this matter to the
notice of your readers, some of whom may, perhaps, be on the
point of introducing to the public some patented improve-
ment upon some other article of highly useful, yet ordinary,
nature, that they may be thus forewarned to select some
original or distinguishing title. Otherwise, so many merits as
the invention may possess over anything else of its kind in
existence, so many envious competitors will it excite to use
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dare not actually infringe the patent or design.
Trusting you will esteem these remarks worthy of insertion
we have the honour to be, your obedient servants.
11. and D. NICOL.

London.

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