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ST. VINCENT.
Mr. Attorney-General. There is no local law relating to Patent rights in this Colony. I conceive that a British patentee whose Patent extends to the Colonies would, under the terms of the statute 15 & 16 Vict., cap. 83, of the Imperial Parliament, exer- eise his Patent rights here, on recording his Patents without further trouble or expense.
A party having a Patent which does not extend to the Colonies, or who being an inventor, but having no Patent, seeks to secure a Patent in this Colony, must do so by means of a local law, which, being a private Act, is liable to the official charges here- under noted, under resolutions of the Legislative bodies and long-established usage.
There being no law governing the question, and no precedent that I am aware of, I am unable to state what documents would be required by the Legislature before passing a private Act giving Patent rights.
The following are the official fees payable:
On recording a British Patent, 7d. per folio to the Registrar;
On the passing of a private Act of the Local
Legislature:-
Clerk of Assembly
£ s. d.
ST. VINCENT.
Governor, No. GO.
September 15, 1856.
TOBAGO.
Governor, No. 52, September 15, 1856.
TOBAGO.
Mr. Solicitor-General Van Buren.-There are no local statutes which impose on inventors possessing Patent rights in England any requirements what- ever, and the practice and expense of securing Patent rights in this island are not settled.
It is, however, required of all persons residing out of the jurisdiction of the Courts of this island, that the execution of all powers of attorney and deeds executed abroad by them, should be established by affidavit, and not by the statutory declaration which usually accompanies such documents; and I need hardly observe that it would be prudent for inven- tors residing in England and desirous of securing Patent rights here, to observe this formality, not only with respect to deeds and powers of attorney, but also to all documents the execution of which it would be proper to have proved out of the jurisdic. tion of the Courts of this island.
Clerk of Council..
Fee on Great Seal
Attorney-General
Registrar, recording Act,
per folio
2 0 0
2 0 0
0
()
10 0 0
0 0 7
Government printer, according to length and num- ber of copies.
In addition to the foregoing, there would, I presume, in the case of an Act granting Patent rights, be official charges on the specifications and various documents and proceedings on which the Bill would be founded and brought in; but these would, I presume, be the subject of special allowance by the Legislative bodies, as there is no law governing the question or precedent to guide.
ST. LUCIA.
Governor, No. 28, October 31, 1856.
ST. LUCIA.
Acting Attorney-General.-There being in St. Lucia no public general law on the subject of Patents, an Ordinance would be required in each specific case to secure a Patent right in the Colony to an inventor not provided with a British Patent extending to Her Majesty's colonics and plantations in the West Indies. This being a Crown Colony, probably no such Ordinance would be passed without the previous sanction of Her Majesty's Minister, and no doubt the documents required from the applicant for a Patent right in the Colony would be exactly the same as those required by the Commis- sioners of Patents in England.
Such, at least, was the course adopted respect
in
of a Patent right granted by the Legislative Council to a Mr. Joseph Brandies, by an Ordinance passed on the 22nd day of September, 1853.
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