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LORD MOULTON'S VIEW. Manufacturers and inventors held Mr. J. P. McGillivray, who is can- conference under the auspices of the Bri- nected with a well-known British finan, tish Science Guite, at the Products Ex- cial institution, has supplied the Press hibition in the Central Hall, WestminsAssociation with an account of his ex ter, to discuss the subject of patents in periences with Bolshevism whilst repre- relation to industry. Lord Moultonsenting his firm in North Manchurin dur- presided over
a numerously attended ing the last six years. In the course of gathering.
bis statement be enid:-
11
Sir Robert Hadfield, Bt.. in opening
I have recently returned from a many the discussion, said he had that morning years' sojourn amongst Russians, and am come from a meeting of the Federation
so much struck with seeing an exactly of British Industries, which was not a similar state of affaics prevailing in this technical, but a commercial body and country to that which prevailed through- it had received and acted upon all the
out the one-time Empire of the Tsaz after opinions passed by the various societies
the revolution that feel impelled to which had taken up the matter of patents.
warn the people of my native land of One of the questions which had been "dis the utter madhess of permitting agitators cussed at the meeting was that the federa
to endeavour to play havoc with the wel
In particular, Ij tion should emphasise the necessity of tare of our Empire.
would warn the labouring classes that baving a much longer term of years
the speeches of these agitators are simply granted for patents. It was also agreed repetition of pernicious doctrines to that there should be more open examine which I have listened time and again at
Russian
Bolshevik meetings from spank- tion of the report on applications made
ers who preached what they knew to be for patents.
That was a very dees et false, who made promises no honest man step in advance. He had studied the would make, knowing they were impos methods of the American Patent Office,sible of fulfilment, and that any attempt and the more he examined them the more to fulfil them world mean the ruin of The the State Ed the ultimate rain of the British pleased he was with the result.
themselves. Ble wrapper system-which consisted of working-classes examining the various remarks by the labour may not be aware that although
bad. exami
ainer on any particular application. the old Russian Government was be found of great
service In one case most people knew that a change was in which he was concerned in America, necessary, no one desired, with the excep bad it not been that he was able to inspect tion of these entissaries of Germany and the file wrapper it would have resulted the devit, the walter of hell into which in costly litigation. The federation also, by insidious propaganda, supported the view that a judge
Mr. McGillivray related how, after the have some special knowledge of the sub- ject with which he had to deal. He could revolution, Russians, rest of whom bad not understand why inventors in Great been expelled from Russia for Russia's, returned to their country mung Britain could not have the same facilities as those in Ams-ien, and why in, that furnished with terman gold for the pur country patents had a longer life of propose of fomenting disorder.
With regard to the
on to give harrowing particulars of scale of fees, it was thought that if the
under the
and Lenin repime- patent fees were reduced by 50 per cent.
He that would be of great advantage..
atter so large a proportion of the better' classes had been hoped they would all be determined to
itted suicide in order to escape the aw the Legislature that they meant to baye same change in the Patent Law..
tection than in ours.
PROTECTION FROM THE STATE.
the
should
Mr. Walter F. Reid (chairman of the council of the Institute of Inventors) pointed out that the whole of our pro gress was due to inventions, and the more intentions there were
noro they multiplied. Every new apparatus in volved further work by those who were familiar with the working of the oid apparatus; therefore the whole haman progress might be said to increase in geometrical ratio, so that the future of
limitable. the human race was
гду
They
the country.
He went
horrors put on the poorer classes
•Let men.
had
com.
ден
terrae. Mr. Metillivray continued:
middle class, capitalists,
forn an impene and Labour unite trable phalanx of resistance to this dire and insidious enemy which can only bring one ending-chaos in the extremes
would strongly urge upon the ment the immediat dissemination of all ment like myself on
1
by
knowledge pecial propaganda to all
the spot by a
the working-classes and other classes
our
zingdom so that they would have the solid mass of British opinion behind them, as I fear that if no such steps are taken or a firm band be not put ruthelessly forth to nip Bolshevism in its bud, they
be
to bow compelled
to a Trotsky bound to arise in and u Lenin, who are
Lo midst Let them take" a page. begin with, out of the Canadian Guvern ment's book. In Canada all agitators, aliens or otherwise, are put way, allowing the peareful workmen to be led by idents which have a chance of being realised instead of living in a the im- focl's
's paradise for a few weeks with no expectations of having any ideals pro mised ever realised
"Mr. McGillivray said
In ronclusion,
out of
ought first to insist upon encour form wit being given to the inventor in the
if he were of protection for his idea an asset to the State, the State ought not to tax him at the beginning of his work, but ought to assist him in every possible
That
did not apparently seem to be the view of those who drafted the There was one glimmering Patents BB
of hope, for, owing to the war, Gov crnment officials would now see portance of inventions.
Mr. Douglas Lerchman mentioned that the beginning of August in 1914 there
100,000 patents in force in Great he dare not put in priat many of the Britain.
They were granted in the or aspects of the terror in Russia of which did not give he had personal knowledge, but anyone dinary coure to people who
who wished to understand the situation any guarantee that the inventious were
sid push of affairs could obtain verification by in of special merit or that
this they them with any degree of certa After
quiry from the Red Cross organisations that factories are controlled and it was working in Russia.
suggested to the Board of Trade that there should be a moratorium for patents, and that patervis should have
A SUSPICIOUS PUBLIC. the right of suspending them during the war, but the Board of Trade would not
Lord Moulter in elasing the discussion, give their consent and they got nothing.
aaid he had heard the speeches with mixed An extraordinary objection was put for feelings.
Many of the speakers made
were
ward by their
Us people to a moratorium gloumy statements as to the perpetual
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on doing so now
well out of the war,"
but was the nation
to the various departments of the Minis to lose the 100,000 patents because rome
try: Perpetual misfortune must have inventors had put money in their own
some causes. Although many people.had Was the country to be pre-
an excellent case for obtaining a modi- adiced in consequence of that! If some
fication of the patent law, they had not inventors" did make a profit during the realised that they would not convince the made the public feel the war was over.
they looked at patents from the the patent ought to be automatic and wholesale & ann should have the right point of view of public interest. When they heard of the tens of thousands of to have his patent restored on applica: patents taken out in a year, there wa tion. As to renewal fees, he contended that if a man had paid the renewal fees during the 6re years of the war they aught to count for the next five years This should apply equally to designs,
war they could not gotoration of public until they ma
TAXING THE INVENTOR.
of the
no tan present who did not know that fts per cunt. of these were rabbish and little that most of the others very
were of value. One, therefore, must, realise that the public were suspicious when these in- ventions were protected by patents, and it was found that so few. of them
Wero Mr. W. M. Mordes argued in favour really meritorious. Some of the trivial
the of cheaper patents, which, he said, did things that were made
subject of Dot require an alteration of the law. The patents did not justify speaking, effect of the high renewal fecs was a very
patentee with bated breath-(laughter) serious matter. Only 40 per cent of the
Be they should of great inventor". patents survived the first four years, and
had always thought the system of renewa! Fonly teen
or per cent. lived the whole term fees was excellent, which it would be experience wILK A
of the loworing YCATA.
that there were things whic fees meant many more patents and a con-
in the interest of the country to swoop. siderable
increase to the national revenue. He had analysed ten year, and the
away, and the invention was often re resulte of
alised by the inventor to be of no sub the working of
of the Patent
the stantial value. He was not talking of nual revenue the expenditure
method of taxation,
$300,000, something under was in the
W 19
Lis
Bomething over the renewals as a met
was but he thought, in a way they were
£200,000 The surplus
valuable test as to whether the invention Sir Robert Was of substantial utility.
year, which eighbourhood of £120,000
showed that the Patent Office Hadheld had mentioned that they should
was taxing the inventor to the extent of bave all the files of the Patent Office oper £10,000 a month. That was an extremely like they wers, and it would be valuable in America. That was an objectionable state of things, and should excellent iden
be remedied. Out of the £300,000 no less if all the files in the English Patent thon £173,000 a year was received in the Office were always open, probably
of renewal fees, which was prac
in
ruensure they were now. He did not Landry and
They ry and the Boy Frested to the think the nation was niggardly towards
that the of renewal foes ought to be balved, which,
would bring the total cost of a fourteenents. The bill before Parliament pro
the
They
instead fourteen.
10 sire a new charter to inventors and to lighten the burden upon them in
But one years' patent to 252, instead of £100. He many ways
thing
Country was glad to note that the new bill pro-was determined on that the ground for posed to make the number of years six-
be to a patent and not strangle it,
should
help the teeth
the country of Mr. Jane Swinburne said the subject knew that during the last thirty or forty der discussion was more important years the patent law had been used by the Irish question, and fifty times people outside the country solely for the more important than questions which purpose of keepin Now that
of keeping trade away from us and strangling fou
it was.to received attention in the daily Press.
Bir G. Croydon. Marks, M.P.. thought important to
have a
trade they ought to be fair to the Board of no variations of the patent
would Trade. There was no other country in approved by the public that did not the world that gave a patentee the same clearly assist our trade. The intention protection for £5 a year for a certain was to assist the country. He was sorry number of years,
that the discussion had drifted on to the question of the status of the inventor. rather than to the study of inventions.
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