, 1873-10-13
THE INTERNATIONAL PATENT CoNGREa

THE INTERNATIONAL PATENT CONGRESS-.
The fret OF the BerieH Of International Con-
gressoa in Vienna, for the adoption OF more Of
feotiye measures for the protection Of patents,
closed its session on tho 9th ult. It was not, ~
had heen expected, q meeting Of Government
officials, inasmuch IS the Austrian Government
failod to send representative. Tho other Gov
ernmonts, therefore, decided to take no official
part, and tho meeting resolved itself into an In
summed up in the 1esolutiong which wero adopt
Cd. Theae rosolutiona declare, first, that the
protection Of inventions should be guaran-
tood BY the laws Of all civilized na-
tionH, Under tho condition OF the complete
publication Of tho aame,-a proposition which
hardly needs discussion in view Of the advantages
1t would confer upon inventors, and the prao-
tical aid 1t would render to tho diffusion Of
knowledge. Tho Congress furthermore recon-
mendod the following aa bases for patent law:
Only the inventor himself Or bis legal represen-
tatiye should be entitled to patent, and the fact
that tho inventor is q foreigner should not ex-
clude him from the right. The patent itself
should be granted for term Of fifteen years,
With the privilege Of extension for the samo
timo under certain cireumstanees. Rimul-
taneously With tho issue Of tho patent,
complete publication Of the Same to be mude.
Tho e1ponses should be reduced as much as pos
aible, and, to make 1t easy for an inventor who
has to abandon Ills patent, sliding scale Of eostq
X reeomnepdod, Tho establishment fa also
recommended {: vol organized Patont ofaee,
whoro information Of ovefJ kind pertaining to
patents may bo obtained, and Of legal Tlles by
which tho inventor eau allow tho use OF his In
ventioa to all respectable applicants Tor fixed
compensation. The last and one Of tho
most important recommendations h ~ fol-
lows: "Tho non-app1lcation Of an invention
ia ono country shall not involve tho forfeiture
Of tho patent, II the patented invention has
been carried into practice at al). sna II 1t haa
been rendered profitable to the iphabitaAts Of
such country to purchase and make usa ot that
invention. In all other respects, and particu-
}arly as regards proceedings in the granting OF
pateuss the Gongreaa refors to the English,
American, and Belgian patent law, Spq to tho
draft Of patent law prepared for Germany by
the Society Of American Engineers"
To carry out tho recommendations embodied
IN those resolutions, permanent Executive
Committee has been appointed. THIS Commit
too has determined to 60 to work aotlyely e,a
enezgotically, aud, lnstead ot awaiting tho slow
growth Of public opinion, has resolved to eom-
mepeq9 TO influence tho European Governments
directly. Fhs AustrianH-who, by the way, ere
represented Az atoaling American invon-
tiona by wholesale from the Exposition
heye aotod In worry illiboral manner
towards tbs Congress, although tho Baron
BQhwarz.s .sonbqrn, tho prestqept OF the
Exposition, was President Of the Con.
gross, and tho Committee, therefore. do not pro-
pose to waste any time In dealing with tho Aus-
trtan authorities, but will 90 to Berlin and en-
doayor to induce tho Psusatsn aoyarument to