The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-07-02
WOULD MAKE PERMANENT THE
LICENSING Of GERMAN PATENTS

WASHIN''T"N. Jay g. l;"''"r:nt"u-
da:;nn thu, Congress sl,...r:!ly modify III"
Enemy rradIuS INV b: .y"kr2 iEr
power TOW gwen :hr ""ur:S :" ;'-ni-
rat" licenses 1rant.'l Americans {" u~"
German patents. waS ;;it!" to-day I" IN"
Federal Trad. r"runI,SSi"n by t. II. Nj
Donald. Chief At tn" In. E;y Trad" l'iFi-
sion - tho Commission. H. Urged hi>'
that the Commission Sh"uli b" "u'p"wei-
ID 20 fix royalty charges tnr-.' definitely
and c"artuSsv.,y ;han thr law now per
mi:s.
These serious defects should h"
cured :" n" md :hat III business
iicrrS...! ~ tt.> Commission May r"St IN
a firm Foundations" Mr. Mcdonald si,'i.
In 'y:ew -: tho fact that ';n's; ~ ~"
l:cens cS nr" means to establish IN thc
T-nit@d States industries which hereto
fnr" have been nl"nnr"i,1"d unfairly -
German and Austrian interests !" 'h''
very e-cas djsadvaE,aS" IF ~" American
public K srsyrS unw;S" ~ high d'Er'''
70 have tho Commissions li""rS"S :"r'T'-
nabie b. THO courts At IL" SHit ~ III:
cnHrly owners.
EVERY license issued hr he t"mn''s-
sion has been granted. not f"r N" dura-
zion o. The war. hui, Tor n" lite ~ tn
right undr- which 4 - granted ahd
his Division is firmly % ;it' OPINION
that equity demands that III" royalty
prescribed N The liceusr Ee fined with
moro dcfini,errSS In some instances
five 0.r cont "f:.he gross sums r"''''F"';
t,r ,l,, licenses IS NJ, It sufficiently high
ROYALTY 20 hc REASONABLE. and in other sn-
stances i IS entirely 20" high
Two suggestions have BON mad" 70
Congress hv tho Commission in ~" h"7'
chat further legislation may b. "':i't"d
which would remedy tha situation. In
substance they arc that tn" COMMISSION
IN It's license. may prescribe reason
able rnyalt; and that ~ tn" SUIT az ;hr
erenny owner after the war. tho court.
although i, may also establish reason
able royalty. shall accept that prescrio"d
in :he license ms prinla facia r''asonah'".
while the pownr Of tho courts to t"rnt-
nate the licenses is entirely cut or.
l47 Patents Under License.
Mr.. McDonald's report. giving tho
first cn:npr"hcnSiv" statement yFs E>ads
Of what has boon Accomplished under
rho Enemy Trading law. shows thar
American manufacturers have responded
with characteristics sn"rcy 30 III" "pp"r-
tuntt.- offered Cor developing III TINS
country industries hitherto m"noDol!Z"d
chi"Ny'bv Germans. Applications nav"
beer, made 20 U.S. ~ "u"my-own"d pat
onts. a: witch 81 ha"N hn"n granted and
denied Three "X"!uSiv- licenses nav"
hren issued and ~ non-"Nrtus;v"
licenses. ths discrepancy between apnIi-
cations ard licenses being explained by
III. frc, thar .Jarh application covers
sjrgl" patru;. w;!lir Il !ic"t$" may in
Ctndr several.
Thru. licenses - use sn"rly iV-tr''-
marks t..,y.. boon iSSu"'! "u. Of seven
applications made.
N-hen thr -C'nnlrrissinn received i.s
authority 10 grant i:C"nS"s Under enemy
ratrrts !? he fall "f i5t1. II found nm
acute condition rs :" certain SNn'hntic
drugs formerly imported from GERMANY.
American rnlianr, on German industry
had r,s,,,.ed in tho crisis which might
havc been fn-"s rs rho result or -"
stnrpasc of commerce by IN" war. Many
p.rSunS suffering with IrS"Gs' w'r" "n-
able to obtain treatment he"aus" 81 Inc
SHORTAGE "f Supclv rh"s" fnrtnnat"
enough to he ahle u buy medicines wrr"
forced - pnv "xorbt:au' rT:"''s
c,,rh a situation never will occur
again. Cor licsnseS hav" h."n iSSuHh Tor
tie :,rarucnc;U-e IN This oc7n'Ey Of N"
drugs NOS: urgently n""A"H and IN
American industry i> hSinS Gull: M ra7'-
i,u~. Now r,,r>.S h1v" h""n prescribed
-, t,!r t.rcuS!G 20 prevent ;Nr Germans
from, ro-cnrr-,ne tho market after IN"
var 10 rear Tho hen'E;t as hA":nC had
,hair business sustained ar ;n',n Will
hey wcr" fighting :" destroy this coiin-
Try.
Busntz Unquesttoned.
Some hesitation on tho rfr: "i N"
-,,.. o. .,.,,, ia. MN. names has been