The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-05-02
BY a Washington Contributor
to the Columns of the
Daily Telegram.


makers to write into the statutes an
-aendment to the patent laws of the
country making IT impossible for a
company to control supplies necessary
to the complete success Of patented
article. The lawyers Of Congress
have been studying the Dick case in
the Light Of Chief Justice Whites
dissenting opinion with a view or
correcting what many believe might
become menace to business. And
yet most careful inquiry among
representative business men does not
show any crying demand for the leg
Islation sought, for the reason that
the Judgment OF the supreme court
In the Dick-Henry case had been the
law OF the land for fifteen or twenty
years
When 1t Is recalled that there are
nearly $500, 100000 invested in pat
ented articles, in this country. which
might be directly affected II radical
legislation were enacted. It would
seem that good sense and good
Judgment demanded that no hasty
or III considered legislation. should
be tolerated. Big concerns with mil
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ana granted oy tue patent ia"
inc patent laws o. England "nu
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patent Jaws OF eont'hentai Europe are
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American Inventions Ihe'E pFov'S,
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working ana taxation are purely
selfish and have nothing Of the spirit
OF the patent laws OF the United
States. While there is a selfish spirit
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principle and is intended to eneour-
age the useful arts and sciences
within the United States.
Today the concerns which are COM
batting the great combinations. the
only concerns which can successfully