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Show To Protect Farmers. Reprcsen-i Reprcsen-i tativa Baker, of Indiana, has pre-j pre-j pared and will introduce in the house upon the first opportunity, a bill to j prevent suits against farmers and other persons who purchase for their own use an implement or article I wnicb infringes a patent right unless toe purchaser of such implement or I article knows at the time of the pur i ; chase that a patent right is infringed, i Utder existing law the owner of a j patent right may bring suit against j the manufacturer, vender or pur i chaser of an article which infriugesj upon bis right. But Mr. Baker's biiJ I exempts from prosecution the inno-; inno-; cent purchaser and leaves the manu-j manu-j facturer and render alone liable. |