Omaha daily bee., 1892-02-14

ofa particular rBFhb9acture The owner
every trademark " entitled to register the
same, no matter hQwlong 1t has been in use
The life of the cATtifitate OF registration is
thirty years and may be renewed for like
period. The goyernment fee PAYABLE one
trademark, is s35sss 9ffle bureaus charge is
about $50. -
Labels OF all Minds, designed to be at
tachcd to manufactured articles or 10 bottles
been received for registration in the patent
Office and certificate issued accordingly.
Under very recent decision Of the supreme
court of the Unitea States IL is held that
there is no authority IN law for granting GER
tiicates of registration of labels which
simply designated br describe the ar
ticles to which they are attached, and
which have no value separated therefrom. a
label TO be entitled to registration must have
by itself some value as composition, at least
as serving some purpose or cthor than as a
mere designation or advertisement. Many
now holding certificates OF registration OF Ia
bells are totally without any protection what
ever. Many registered labels comprise sub
1ect matter reglsterab!e as trademarks.
Wherever this is So or whore bv slight
change 1t can be made to come within the
purvicw of the laws governing trademarks
registration should DO sought under this
head. The government fee in label case Is
50 and the bureau charge is 50
Copyrights.
can be had for books, maps, engravings,
photographs, paintings pictures, etc. The
total cost thereof is about 50, including all
fees.
mterfcrences.
An interference is a judicial proceeding in
stituted under the direction Of the commits
sioner of patents to enable him to de-
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invention between rival claimants. The
bureau, recognizing tho fact that extraor-
dinary care and skill are requisite on tho
part OF an attorney in charge of case in in
reference. has at its command counsel pre-
pared to conduct q case in interference from
the very inception down to a final determine
tion of the merits of the cause. Testimony
will also be taken under our direction in any
part of the United States. While no specific
sum can be set down as applicable to all in
terference cases alike. yet the charges will
always be as reasonable as possible
Infringemcnts.
The question whether or pot one patent in
frlnges another is the very soul OF all patent
litigation. The questions involved are many,
and of the most intricate nature 1t Is al
ways matter OF such great Importance that
no ono should ever claim that another is in
fringing on his rights, or, likewise, no alton
tion should be paid to the claims of infringe
mont by Others until the questions involved
are carefully passed upon by n reliable at
torney. For such services the charges are
aw ays fair and reasonable.
Foreign Patents.
In addition TO the bureaus facilities for
attending to the interests of its inventor pat
rons before the United States patent Office
and courts, IL is also enabled to procure
patents for inventions in all countries
of the world. In many of the foreign coun-
tries, notably Canada, England and Ger
many. patents for inventions previously
patented in this country are looked upon
with great favor, and inventors are there
very frequently more likely to realize profits
from their inventions than they are even in
this country. The cost of foreign patents
varies with different cases, but as a general
ering all charges is about as follows:
Canaoa, $50; Englai,d, $40; Germany, 500;
France, SS5; Spain, S9p; Belgium, $50. Ad-
ditional information regarding the cost, etc,
IN any foreign country will be furnished by
letter on application. = In all such requests
mention having read these instructions in
THE BEE. H~
Important Warning
1t seems remarkable that IN this enlight-
ened age it becomes the duty of every re.
liable aud trust Yerthy attorney, in patent
matters to advise his clients to beware of
parent intention of dcfrauding inventors
Immediately aiterthe issue of their patents.
When u patent appears in the Patent Office
Gazette patentees are beset with innumer
able offers, solicitations, requests, etc, some
pretending to wait to purchase their patents,
while others offer to take an interest therein
under promise of procuring foreign patents.
The sole object of these people is to obtain
money from inventors and they never make
the slightest endeavor to carry out their
groundIess or worthless promises.
Models.
AS hersin before mentioned, models are not
required in the patent Office except in iutri-
cate or complicated cases. But at the same
time when an invention can bo better eX-
planned by model it is well to send the same
to us. A model should always be of size
not larger than one square foot, and in send
ing the same by express the charges should
be prepaid and the box addressed to
The BEE BUREAU OF CLAIMS,
Bee Building, Omaha, Neb.
lMention this paper.