| Show INVESTORS 11 UNION SUGGESTED editor deseret news it is very gratifying to notice from time to time announcements through voun columns of patents issued by the united states patent dep department artmen th to citizens of utah the more so t that at these patents are elven civen for some very useful inventions it proves that in our mountain home we nave naye a fair share of inventive talent while we are n making encouraging progress in the prof professions in the fine arts alid aud in the sciences we should not remain in the rear in that which forms so flo aamir admirable able abie and prominent a feature of this progressive age the inventive art arh Is it not therefore time that utah had something intha in tha nature cof of anin an inventors union some persons of inventive fredelle eions are inclined to be a I 1 lutle t t le wild and speculative and their immature notions after exposure to the public gaze naze not infrequently subject them to chagrin ai and pecuniary losses while on the other hand another class ila lia having vins ving good sound inventive f faculties are sometimes deterred by their sensitiveness or by a lack of appreciation of the true worth of some inventive project of theirs from bringing forth practically that which they the have mentally conceived 71 to many of these two extreme alases an institution such as I 1 have llave been tie sie speaking speaking aking of would serve as a regulator upon pon that first referred to it would exercise a mild but wholesome restraint while to the other class it would extend judicious encouragement proper legal advice annid are beneficial to those seeking to obtain patents upon inventions designs etc and while there are arc probably probably patent attorneys who are honorable honorah c c in their professional fess ional dealings we have reason to believe that this portion of the legal fraternity is no more devoid of sharks than are arc other branches of the profession such an association could be made a means of securing the services of reliable and able solicitors and the party or parties whom the association might secure to represent them and to conduct their cases would themselves gain prestige stige as the representatives of such a body this his consideration and the fact that if retained the grow growth of the association would enhance the interests of its representative attorneys would cause those to whom it committed its affairs to be careful tic tle and ana true the requisite legal assistance si could also be obtained much cheaper than it could be afforded otherwise the records of such an institution would soon become a valuable feature not only to itself but to the territory at lar large e for they would present an interesting te phase of our history as a community A library as a part of the institution would be a natural result and a most efficient aid to its members this I 1 library would doubtless be distinctive embodying more especially such works as would be off peculiar benefit to inventors another important advantage that an organization of this kind would confer would be its facilities for advertising its patented inventions upon cooperative cooperative principles and it is a well that the profits of an invention however great its intrinsic value can seldom be reaped without judicious systematic and persi persistent stant advertising in fact almost any invention can be patented but the presentation of it before the public in such degree and manner as to gain their acceptance cep tance of it Is another matter and many an invention trifling in itself makes a hand handsome soine return because of proper and liberal advertising A system of annual fees f ees ces with perhaps a certain interest by royala royalty t or assignment from each successful success cess patentee in favor of the association would soon create an ample fund out of this fund the expenses of obtaining and defending if necessary the patent rights of the association members could be drawn and by some such arrangement all other expenses incidental incident aT to such associations might be defrayed the government of the united states is the most liberal liberat upon the earth in en encouraging coura ing and protecting inventors and the result is that our nation has a most glorious lo rious inventive record let up ho hope 6 that utah as a community will emulate successfully the good example of the parent government and wisely foster the inventive genius of her sons and dau daughters aters what has the deseret A M association to say and do concerning this matter Is it not fitting that that institution tit ution should inaugurate the movement which shall culminate in the successful establishment of an inventors union in utah mr editor I 1 nave taken the liberty of introducing this subject with a feeble pen it is true in hope that abler minds than mine may be induced to labor in the same direction who will move the waters next respectfully W april ath 1884 |
