Omaha daily bee., 1892-01-22

ola particular manufacture. The owner OF
every trademark Is entitled TO register Tn 9
same, no matter how long IL has been In use
The life OF the certificate OF registration Is
thirty years and may be renewed for n like
period. The government fee, PAYABLE on
filing each application for registration of
trademark, is SIS. The bureaus charge is
about so.
Labels.
Labels OF all kinds, designed to be at
tached to manufactured articles or TO bottles,
boxes, otc,, containing them. have heretofore
been received for registration in the patent
Office and a certificate issued accordingly.
Under a very recent decision of the supreme
court of the United States IL Is held that
there is no authority In law for granting GER
thcates of registration OF labels which
simply designate or 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 rs a composition, ut least
as serving some purpose or ether than as a
mere designation or advertisement. Many
now holding certificates of registration Of la
bells are totally without any protection what
ever. Many registered labels comprise sub
iect matter registerable as trademarks.
Wherever this is so, or whore by n slight
change 1t can be made TO come within the
purview Of the laws governing trademarks,
registration should 90 sought under this
head. The government fee in a label case Is
50 and the bureau charge is S!5.
Copyrights.
can be had for books, maps, engravings,
photographs, paintings, pictures, etc. The
total cost thereof is about 81, including all
fees.
Interfcrences.
An interference is n judicial proceeding in
stituted under the direction of the commits
sioner of patents to en- able him to de-
termine the question of priority of
invention between rival claimants. The
bureau, recognizing the fact that extraor-
binary care and skill are requisite on the
part of an attorney in charge OF a case In in
reference, has at its command counsel pre-
pared to conduct q case in interference from
the very inception down to n 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
reference cases alike. yet the charges will
always be as reasonable AS possible.
heterogeneous.
The question whether or not one patent iu-
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 q matter OF such great Importance that
no one should ever claim that another is in
fringing on his rights, or, likewise, no atten-
ton should be paid to the claims of infringe
ment by others until the questions involved
are carefully passed upon by a reliable at
torney. For such services the charges are
Always fair and reasonable.
Foreign Patents.
In addition 10 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-
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
this country. The cost of foreign patents
varies with different cases, out as a general
rule the expenses of procuring patents, GOV
erlng all charges. is about as follows:
Canada, $50; England, 800; Germany, 800;
France, $50; Spain, 800; Belgium, $50. Ad-
uitional 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.
Important Warning
1t seems remarkable that IN this enlight-
ened age it becomes the duty Of every re-
liable and trust worthy attorney in patent
matters to advise his clients to beware of
the many sharks who set out with the APP
parent intention of dofrauding inventors
Immediately after the Issue Of their patents.
When a patent appears IN the Patent Office
Gazette patentees are beset with innumer-
able offers, solicitations, requests, etc, some
pretending to want 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
groundless or worthless promises.
Models.
AS hereinbefore mentioned, models are not
required in the patent office except in intri-
cate or complicave led cases. But at the same
time when an invention can be better ex-
planned by a model it is we'll to send the same
to us. A model should always be of q 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.
Mention this paper.