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THE CHINA MAIL,
RADIO TOPICS
WIRELESS VALVES
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-LICENCE GRANTED FOR LOEWE'S
MONOPOLY BROKEN
A decision of vital, Importance to the future of the wireless trade in England was made by the Comptroller of H.M. Patent Office in mail week. It will affect the monopoly of the Marceni Company and upset the present rate of royalties paid in respect of wire- less valves.
The decision was given under a section of the Patenta and Designs Act which has been invoked only once before.
In brief, it is that the royalties on the Loewe valve (the applica- tion was made by the Loewe Co.) are too high, and that they should be reduced from £1-178. 6d. for triple valves and £3 2s. 6d. on the long range sets to 10s.
on each Loewe triple valve and 75. 6d on each Loewe double valve.
"It is a kind of super-monopoly. The applicants cannot seek alter nativo torme from competing monopolists. They are absolutely In the hands of those who have gathered together this far-reaching aggregation of monopolies
Appeal Probable W
A well-known patent agent pointed out that in rail matters affecting the law of patents the Comptroller had absolute power but that there was always the right of appeal, in this, case to the High Court..
"I consider it quite probable that there will be an 'appeal," ho said. "The financial interests in volved are so immense that-it Beems unlikely that the companies concerned will take the decision lying down."
The Loewe Company has been selling receivers In Germanynt 256. each wholesale and 00s. Od. each retail, but it should not be expected that they will be sold as cheaply in this country, because the wholesalers and recallers here require much larger percentages of profit 'than dealers in Germany.
Valves Tested.
A complete receiver may be ex pected to cost at least £0, and it should be remembered that it will receive a station such as London within a radius of about 15 miles only.
I obtained sample Loawe valves for a test some months ago." They were, of course, made in Germany and the workmanship was excel- lent. The triple valve has two anode resistances, two coupling condensers and two grid leaks as well as the three filaments, grids, and anodes.
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There were. certain circum- stances, in which the monopoly patent would be rights under a
Two of the valves are of the re- considered to have been abused, he said. If the demand for the aistance capacity type, while the patented artlule was not being met third, which has the loud speaker to an adequate extent and on res- connected to it, is of the power sonable terms, for instance, or if type. The first yalve is employed the refuest of the patentee to to rectify the aiguals collected by
aerial, grant licences on reasonable terma the
the second damaged the trade of any persons magnifies them, and the third in this country, or was prejudicial | valve operates the loud speaker," to the establishment of any new No provision is made for reac trade or industry in this country. tion, with the result that a receiv-" If, he continued, the Comptrol-er including one of these triple The respondents in the CBBC were the British Thomson-Houston Jar of the Patent Office was satis- valves has a rather limited range. Company and the Marconi Com- Red that there had been an abuse But the Loewe Company manufac pany, who, in the opinion of the of the monopoly rights, he might ture a double valve for high fre- order the patent to be endorsed quency amplification which may be Comptroller "are substantially re- with the words, "licences of right," used with the triple valve. fusing to grant licences on reason- This meant that every holder of a double valve does not give great able terms, and are thereby pre-licence from the patentee could amplification on the ordinary judicing the establishment of a new trade or industry in the Unit- apply to the Comptroller for an broadcast wave lengths, but it order entitling him to surrender does give reasonable magnification Ted Kingdom."
his licence in exchange for one the of the signals sent out by the terms of which could be settled long wave-length stations such as at the discretion of the Comptrol Daventry 5XX. ler. Further, if the Comptroller was satisfied that a remedy for the abuse could not be secured by any other means, he could order the patent to be revoked.
The application was for the grant of compulsory licences under five patents (which had been re- fused by the Marconi Company) on the ground that there had been an abuse of monopoly.
The decision of the Comptroller la that the licence be granted and that the scale of royalties shall be
as stated above.
Twenty-one days are allowed for the parties to settle the terms of the licence.
Mr. David Loewe," director of both the British and the German companies, and a brother of Dr. Siegmund Loewe, the inventor of the Loewe valve, stated before the Tribunal that at the German: fac- In the long and chequered history last year about 1,600 triple tory of compulsory licences," writes the Comptroller in his 18- page decision, "there have been two alleged abuses: the use of a patent to reserve the home mar ket for the sale of articles import ed from abroad, and the use of a patent to block improvements by subacquent inventors."
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The selectivity, too, will be bet- ter when the two separate valves are used together in one receiver,
As a single station receiver the Loewe combination with the triple valve will probably be satisfac tory, but it will not be sufficiently powerful, neither is it likely to possess suficient selectivity, for distant stations to be received.
It is interesting to note that the company undertakes the repair of valves that have been damaged. They will repair broken filaments at little cost, with the result that a user does not lose a complete valve through the failure of one
valve sets and about 450 long range Bata were manufactured daily during a "maximum", period. An entirely new market, he said, had been opened in Germany Half a million of the sets were small part. sold last year to people who would otherwise have been users of crystal sets. The Loewe valve, in fact, had brought loud-speaker broadcast reception within the reach of large numbers of people who would otherwise have had to be content with headphones.
CHEAPER RADIO
NEW ROYALTIES DECISION
A New Advantage Of the Loewe valve the Comp. troller writes, "When we come to consider the scale on which the applicants hope to manufacture in'
In the event of his obtaining a this country, the Loewe valve will be recognised as offering a new licence on terms which would en advantage or utility for which it able the Loewe Company to manu-
"A great extension of the use may be well worth sacrificing the facture on a large scale, in this superior sensitiveness which the country, he added that he would of wireless apparatus, including be prepared to give an undertak- loud speakers," was the result reception use of
admittedly affords. Broadcasting has become ing to transfer the whole of that forecast by a representative of the a feature of our national life, and manufacture from the German fac- Radio Manufacturers' Association a commercial policy which excludes tory to the British factory. This, as likely to follow a decision in large sections of the public from he added, would be in his inter- regard to patent rights reached its full enjoyment is not, we think, eat, Inasmuch as duties were pay by a special tribunal of the a justifiable policy.
able in the Dominions on import-Patent Office. The tribunal, hold- "The Marconf Company haveed wireless apparatus and there ing that there had been an "abuse secured a dominant position by was a preferential tariff in favour
of Great Britain, gathering together in their own handa a large series of patents The Loewe Valve which, taken collectively, cover al-' most all broadcasting receivers of an efficient character. It is to be remarked that not one of the five patente now in question is for an invention originating with the Marconi Company. Three of them are American, one is French, and
one. is German in origin.
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The decision to grant to the Lgewe Radio Company, a licence to manufacture and sell in this coun- try triple and double valves for wireless receivers on which the royalty to be paid to the Marcom Company, will be 105, and Ts. 6d. respectively, is of great import ance to listeners for two reasons, aays the "Morning Post" wireless correspondent.
of the monopoly," directed that! royalties sought by the Marconi Company in regard to certain patents should be reduced.
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A reduction in the price of sets, the representative said, would be brought about, the more ciable in the case of small sets than for the more elaborate. ap- paratus.
The lower prices would also, he believed, help to eliminate the "dabbler," as he was known in the trade that is, the unauthorised maker of wireless sets, who sells
privately
amongst his On
In the first place, the multiple them. valve to be manufactured will, refriends and acquaintances. latively, be Inexpensive; And, account of the high royalties there' a consideráble In- secondly, because if is reasonable is at present
ducement for men to follow this illelt trade, and it constitutes a serious problem.
to expect that the royalty at pre- sent payable on ordinary receivers 129, 68. per valve holder will be materially reduced
The Loewe triple valve really comprises a glass bulb within which are three separate valves that are resistance coupled. A complete receiver, therefore, may be constructed by commencing a coll and tuning condenser to the triple vaive, and also the usual batteries and the loud speaker... |
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