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Show NO RIGHT TO FIX RESALE PRICES VBTPv York Fab. II The United State dtetrlet oourt has denied to owners own-ers of petents the right to tlx tha price for tha rueaj of tbetr patented arllrles Judge Ha, who raadarad th drllon. hM thai the dealer who consents to Ax piicee aa demanded by the patentee becomes be-comes a party to an Illegal combination In restraint of trade- In this respect the decision carrtea out tha purpose of a bill now befora no n arses. The artlon was brought hy the Wal-than. Wal-than. Watch company of Waltham. Mass., against Chertee A. Keene. a Kew York Jeweler, to reatraln th defendant from eelllng for leee than a fixed price watch movemente made by the Waltham company. Dvery watch contains a notlr that the retallr bound himself to regard re-gard the price agreement. Mr. Keene held that erter purchasing the watches they became hie exclusive property and that he could sell them f"r whatever he wished In sustaining this contention. Judge Ray declared that this oasa had no parallel Id the Henry vs. Dirk cane, where the upreme oourt held that the patentee waa entitled to make certain restrictions re-strictions regarding tha use of machines ha manufactured. |