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The rule against contracts in restraint of trade and monopolies does not apply to contracts in reference to the production and sale of a patented article. It is the purpose of a patent to give the inventor a monopoly. It is a monopoly authorized by the governagree that none shall separately engage In the business for five years, held not invalid as creating a monopoly. Oakdale Mfg. Co. v. Garst, 18 R. I. 484, 28 Atl. 973, 23 L. R. A 639, 49 Am. St. Rep. 784. There can be no monopoly in anything but property, and news is not a subject of property until published and copyrighted, and hence a corporation engaged in gathering and transmitting news for publication cannot be compelled to furnish to a newspaper the same service extended to others. State v. Associated Press, 159 Mo. 410, 60 S. W. 91, 51 L. R. A. 151, 81 Am. St. Rep. 368. Contra, Inter-Ocean Pub. Co. v. Associated Press, 184 I11. 438, 56 N. E. 822, 48 L. R. A. 568, 75 Am. St Rep. 184. See "Contracts;' Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 116; Cent. Dig. §§ 542-552.
46 Emery v. Candle Co., 47 Ohio St. 320, 24 N. E. 660, 21 Am. St. Rep. 819 (candles); Cummings v. Stoue Co., 164 N. Y. 401, 58 N. E. 525, 52 L, R. A. 262, 79 Am. St. Rep. 655 (Hudson river bluestone); Cohen v. Envelope Co., 166 N. Y. 292, 59 N. E 906 (envelopes); Tuscaloosa Ice Mfg. Co. v. Williams, 127 Ala. 110, 28 South. 669, 50 L R. A. 175, 85 Am. St. Rep. 125 (ice); Arctic Ice Co. v. Franklin Electric & Ice Co., 145 Ky. 32, 139 S. W. 1080. Sec "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 116; Cent. Dig. §§ 542-552.
47 Wright v. Crubbs, 78 Ind. 487; Raymond v. Leavitt, 46 Mich. 447, 9 N. W. 525, 41 Am. Rep. 170; Samuels v. Oliver, 130 I11. 73, 22 N. E. 499. See "Gaming," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) § 11; "Monopolies," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) §§ 3-31.
48 Sampson v. Shaw, 101 Mass. 145, 3 Am. Rep. 327. See "Contracts," Dec. Dig. (Key-No.) $ 116; Cent. Dig. §§ 542-550.

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