The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-01
DELEGATION FROM CONN NECTlCUT READY FOR KAHN MEASURE
COngressmen Donovan and Reilly Will. Safeguard Inter eStS of Inventors.
eBy Our Special Correspondent.)

(By Our Special Correspondent.) Washington, Nov 1-Connecticut manufacturers and holders of patent rights and copyrights who have be- come greatly alarmed over the possi- bilities of their losing many of their rights under the so-caI1ed Kahn law have found Congressman Donovan and Reilly on their jobs, and have receiv- ed the gratifying news that that Con- gressman Donovan has secured a promise from the committee on pat ents that the parts of the Kahn bill that are repulsive to holders of Amerf- can patents will be given immediate attention at the opening of the reg ular session in December,
 As soon as MT. Donovan heard of the plight that the Kahn bill left holders of American patents he secur- ed a promise from Chairman Under mittee that action to amend the bill would be given the right of way as soon as the regular session of Con gress was called in December. Con gressman Reilly states that he is pre- pared to introduce a substitute bill if the same is necessary.
 The Kahn bill was introduced by Representative Kahn, Republican, of California as a measure for the pro- lection of foreign exhibitors at the Panarna- -Pac1fc international eXpOS1- tfon and it passed the Senate and the House without a dissenting voice. The Kahn law as passed provides that at the close of the exposition the reg ister of certificates of registration of patents, trade mark or patent shall be deposited in the patent office at Washington, and the register of certi- fieates of copyright shall be deposit ed in the copyright office of the Ii- brary of Congress.
 The intent of the law is to give foreign exhibitors protection of their rights in this country. Holders of American patents are aroused against it's provisions because many foreign governments issue patents, trade marks, copyrights and certificates of design without examination as to the novelty, originality or proof of own ership of the subject matter. In fact several South American countries have given patents to people in their own country on goods already made and patented in America with the result that some of the American manufac- turers have had to pay a royalty to else give the entire selling right to the parties who secured the patent on the goods in their country.
 It is argued that it is possible un- der the Kahn law for any one to ask some foreign government for a certificate of protection for the pro- duct of any American concern, have the same imported and exhibited un- der the law and then secure a cer- tificate and say to American manu- lecturers that they must stop manu. featuring.
 la When Representative Donovan took up the ma tier with Chairman O1dheId of the Comrnittee on Patents it is said that he had no trouble in having him see the big hole that had been left in the Kahn bill for unscrupuIous persons to crawl through and choose a patent for themse1ves if they de- sired.
 There is not the slightest chance that the Kahn law will ever be op- erated to give a single false claim against American patents, but since Congressman Donovan took up the matter several weeks ago at the sug-l gestion of Bridgeport nanufacturer, several concerns, who claim to mako 8 business of protecting patent rights have sent out circular letters to man ufacturers in every. part of the coun-I ty and have left the impression that the members of Congress were not fully aware of the situation. The re- suit is that the mails of all the mem bers of Congress contain protests from the holders of patents and it is need less to say that they are grateful to the member from the Fourth Connee- tfcut for paving the way to remedy the aggrivating situation.