CO129-313 - Governor Sir Blake - 1902 [10-12] — Page 264

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Sir J. Anderson

his Cox

As I read the Circulars of 9 Oct 1901 and 26 Jame 1902

was suggroted that Colonial you! she table steps to secure their having a monopoly of wireless telegraphy in time of war & of public emergency" - which of cours w? crore war and the usual period of crisis or unrest

which precedes its outbreak.

it

It was in this assumption that I miscated the recent

fwasm

Straits paper on this subject. In the Straits the Gov. in Council has pore to take over all take paper in time

L

of

pulli inverging. There is no such power in Itong hing

If however, the real intention is that Col. gos's old have

monopoly at all times, cleark us Crown Colony (least of all one which is also a doctors) should

a put any patens with respect to wireless telegraphy, without first coming to terms with the would-be- palintis

for the Government was thereof.

I do not agree with the 2 pars. at the top of page 2 of the A-is's Report. of the Demprcial Gost acquire by greement with the pattanters the right to use an

English putent, which has affect

in the UK and the lot of tran Surely they accquire the right to use that particular patent only in the UK and the lot of man and not throughout It Mé dominions. The patentis cannot agre to allow the lump Goot

a more extension was than he

has humory. 2. the colonies, therefore, orfarate grants of patents and separate sexreements are

usarany.

of the intention is to secu

monopoly in time of public

"amera, ance, only, it might be bufficient if Itong tions,

wire to pass

Au 07

ordi

the lives of the Straits

Takgraphs orders 7 of 1895 part II.

2%. f. the intention is to secure a

time, the Col. Go! must come to them with the patintas.

standing, monopole, abalh

FB & L (x)—50654—3000-12-01

2.S.R. 15/12

51040-3000-3-02

*

What is required is not merely contrat in tume of war but a power of regulation in time of peace.

as wall.

260

The Patuct need not be cancelled. What is necessary is to pass an Ordestaging

et Oswn that no ave

maz

Greet or use an

unstallation for the purport of loveilles tilig

wittrant a cause pour the Governor, and

that the Governor

may

wine such beuse

subject to such conditions as

ne

may

pass tune to time be found scurable the public intact. Tortelo. suggesting this. ByBucas Si M. Ommun

la pn

Iafree subject to this that of Impopolysts toy that If

Gost

want

to

the

invention

which Ga

such as wielen telegraphy patent in force in the Colony has the sole right to use

able compen pay

"the inventor

there, they must

pensation to the This is git.

pitentee for the use

an

equitable pos

condition secopused

the British Patent Law.

The fort would not be justified,

objet

to

n

in my opinion, weed not succeed in

letters patent for a granty

refusing

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