| Show 01 ONH avill UH AVAY AY TO 1110 ONS by george the Alil orlian patent system rece ritty liaa has been tho the of lunch cri felsin at washl washington agton defore the war A group of logis latora there oven even wont went so BO far as B to make swooping sweeping don for ani the system including compulsory li ensing con gross gresa wisely turned a deaf car ar to tho the prop proposal ofAl now that saine group bolzing I 1 upon tile tho war emergency as aa a pretext ro la Is trying tring again to push its ita un ain patent ideas through coneless Con eress aall it alleges that patents have held up tile tho war program this allegation la Is ridiculous government has long luid had tho the power to have anything nicy thing produced for it iti lit in war or peace coara lest less of 0 patents the facts are arc bilat anat i uncle saw sain could havo had plants built to produce synthetic rubber magnes luni aluminum chemicals or anything elbe it il wanted no patent holder even if unpatriotic enough to try it could have lave stopped tho the government from froin using hla patented inventions Invent long in 1 ally kind of industrial expansion for government pur purposes posos I 1 this group goes further and impugns tho patriotism ol of certain patent holders for having participated in tile logal legal exchange of 0 information with other countries before the war there was nothing unpatriotic about these oke exchanges liangos and what makes tile the charge utterly ridle ti louil la Is that knowledge ot of pro ceases obtained by americana through t thedo h ese exclia exchanges ngos la 19 mulling making a troi tremendous nondous contribution to war effort tho anici loan patent system la 18 the koYs tono of tile tho Corn pott tiva system for over years year out our american courts have hold truit a patent la isi property in the same bonso bellso that a I 1 1 duft or automobile Is so BO that whon when it patented invention Is ta ia ken kati for public uio ubo compensation must bo be paid for iti it tho the Cona constitution titu pr oVidea for this respect of property in general our patent system Is by no lie indana 1 perfect certain constructive clia ligon should bo be made but it Is unfortunate that ta tho io real issues are being obscured by charges reflecting on tile tho patriotism of patent holden who have lieen been among tho the major contributory to tile tho war prodoc pro duc tion pr program I 1 i wo sincerely hops hope that congress will not bo be stampeded stamp oded into making tho the gravo legislative error of nullifying patent rights right and privileges thus removing alt all incentive for american inventive monfus to bestir itself it if such auch legislation la is passed history will record tile tho day it its as tile tho ono one on which america stopped in arching forward it looks look a to be the ono one sure auro way to stifle progress in america |
