350 INTERNATIONAL UNION—ADJUDICATED PATENTS on illustrated post cards, manufactured in Germany and sold at Madiera; violation of foreign copyright; acquittal; Convention of Berne. Miscellaneous News: ITALY. Revision of legal formalities.-SWITZERLAND. Revision of the Federal law of 1883 concerning literary and artistic property; preparatory measures. Divers Matters: The works of Wagner and rights of the public. Adjudicated Patents. No. 486,812. Taylor. For a track for hay-carriers. Claim I held void as covering a broad combination of which the patentee never claimed, under oath, to be the originator or inventor. 211 F. R., 469. No. 683,425. Anderson and Ho'stein. For process of making fabric-covered ornaments. Held not infringed. 211 F. R., 467. No. 777.488. Rhodes. For a fish bait or lure. Held valid and infringed. 211 F. R., 477. No. 77,714. Carter. For a culvert. Held not infringed. 211 F. R., 481. No. 779,651. Holstein. For process of making fabric-covered ornaments. Held not infringed. 211 F. R., 462. No. 985,119. Turner. For a reinforced concrete building construction. Held void for lack of invention in view of the prior art. 211 F. R., 466. No. 13, 163. Niesz (reissue). (Original No. 916,361.) For a disk harrow. Held valid and infringed. 211 F. R., 473. No. 701,544. Conley and Conley. For a guide for punching-presses. valid but not infringed. 211 F. R., 655. Held No. 792,284. Painter. For a method for manufacturing bottle-closures. Construed and held not infringed. 211 F. R., 650. No. 818,639. Price. For a brake-shoe mechanism. Held valid but not infringed. 211 F. R., 667. No. 821,393. Wright. For a flying-machine. Held valid and infringed. 211 F. R., 654. No. 839,363. Clapp. For a graining process. Held invalid in view of the prior art. 211 F. R., 676. No. 857,760. Rusby. For a water-gas apparatus. Held valid and infringed. 211 F. R., 672. No. 887,838. Painter. For a machine for manufacturing bottle-closures. Construed and held not infringed. 211 F. R., 672. No. 887,883. Wheeler. For apparatus for manufacture of bottle-closures. Held valid and infringed. 211 F. R., 650. No. 909,847. Clapp. For a graining compound. Held invalid in view of the prior art. 211 F. R., 676. No. 924.546. Emmet. For improvements in steam-turbines. Held valid and infringed. 211 F. R., 657. No. 940,925. Dickey. For a water-gas apparatus. Held void for lack of invention. 211 F. R., 672. No. 12,246. Ambursen (reissue). (Original No. 734,796). For an improvement in dams. Held void for lack of invention. 211 F. R., 982. No. 795,959. Ottofy. For a street-flushing machine. Held valid, but not infringed. 211 F. R., 980. No. 937,757. Bernz. For an air-pump for blow-torches. Claim 2 held void for lack of patentable novelty and invention in view of the prior art. 211 F. R., 973. No. 952,161. Whyte. For a non-rotating wire rope. Held valid and infringed. 211 F. R., 976. No. 660,341. Sachs. For a safety-fuse. Claims 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 held not anticipated and infringed. 212 F. R., 173. No. 701,776. Valvona. For a mold for making biscuit-cups. Held void for want of patentable invention. 211 F. R., 168. No. 736,812. Bormann. Claim 1, for a liquid soft-soldering mass. Held valid and infringed. 212 F. R., 184. No. 764,227. Eberstein and Brandt. Claims 1 and 2 for a non-leakable fountain pen. Held not infringed. 212 F. R., 187. No. 781,711. Brown. For a process for treating ores. Held not infringed. 212 F. R., 163. No. 898,907. Mell. For a vehicle-tire with projecting studs. Held void for want of patentable invention in view of the prior art. 212 F. R., 170. Nos. 923,408, 923,049 and 923,122. Hutchison. All relating to signaling on alarm horns. Held not anticipated, valid and infringed. 212 F. R., 192. For a safety-deposit-box lock. Held valid but not No. 940,300. Borland. infringed. 212 F. R., 178. No. 1,001,331. Wright. In a suit for the infringement of a gas-heated sad iron. Evidence held insufficient to establish invalidity on the ground of prior invention. 212 F. R., 157. No. 666,571. Stillman. fringed. 212 F. R., 450. 419. For an improvement in Wheel tires. Held not in No. 684,662. Ahara. For a carbureter. Held valid and infringed. 212 F. R., No. 693,916. Speer. For a conduit for electric-wires. Claims 2 and 6 held valid and infringed. 212 F. R., 407. No. 731.218. Perkins. For a vaporizer for internal combustion engines, conceding its validity. Held not infringed. 212 F. R., 413. No. 811,859. Marsh. For an electric-resistance element. Held valid and infringed. 212 F. R., 422. No. 831,178. McClave. For improvement in grate-bars, consisting of beveled edges and overlapping teeth, for the burning of small-sized anthracite coal. Held void for anticipation. 212 F. R., 442. No. 854,215. Hopewell. No. 881,411. Kinder. Each for an annular case for automobile tires. Held void for lack of patentable invention. 212 F. R., 403. No. 896,365. Ernst. For a gas-washing apparatus, and No. 900,062 for the process. Held valid and infringed. 212 F. R., 434. No. 960,020. Johnson. Claim 3, for a voting machine, held invalid for indefiniteness. 212 F R., 439. No. 967,579. Siemund. Claims 1, 2 and 5, for an electric welding process. Held void as impossible of performance. 212 F. R., 410. No. 1,019,476. Johnson. For an interlocking device for registering mechanism -in voting machines. Claims 4 and 5 held valid and infringed. 212 F. R., 439. No. 13,125. Witzel (reissue). (Original No. 921,494.) For a wire-mattress. Held valid and infringed. 212 F. R., 447. 352 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY-SWEDEN-NIGERIA-ADVERTISEMENTS Austria and Hungary. Patents. Taxes. Proposed Moratorium. We are advised by the Consul General of Austria and Hungary in New York that a moratorium, providing among other things for the valid payment of patent taxes after due date, was contemplated by the Governments of those countries, although the Consulate has not as yet received notice of the issue thereof. Sweden. Patents. Trade-Marks. Taxes. Renewals. Moratorium. We are advised that a decree was issued August 5, 1914 declaring a moratorium of one month. By virtue of this decree patent taxes or trade-mark renewals due prior to August 5, 1914 may be paid up to September 6, 1914. Those due after August 5, 1914 may be paid within one calendar month from the due date. Nigeria. Patents. Trade-Marks. Status. On January 1, 1914, the "Colony and Protectorate of Southern Nigeria" was amalgamated with the Protectorate of Northern Nigeria to form the "Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria" under a Governor-General. We are advised that no new patent or trade-mark legislation has as yet been enacted, but that same is contemplaed. Canadian Patent Law and Practice By HAROLD FISHER, B.A., LL.B., of the Ottawa Bar and RUSSELL S. SMART, B.A., M.E., Advocate of the Quebec Bar with which is included Canadian Patent Office Practice (Second Edition Revised) By W. J. LYNCH, I.S.O., Chief of the Canadian Patent Office The Latest and Best Work on the Subject Law 8vo; 482 pages; handsomely bound in half calf; CROMARTY LAW BOOK COMPANY, Law Publishers 1112 Chestnut Street Vol 12 AND TRADEMARK SEPTEMBER, 1914 No. 12. China. Trade-Marks. Proposed Rules and Regulations. (Notice) Advertisements Algeria. Patents. Moratorium. See France. Germany. Patents. Gebrauchmuster. France. Patents. Applications. Working Taxes. Moratorium. Decree Effective Aug. 1, 1914. (Translation) 357 Trade-Marks. Great Britain. Patents. Designs. Trade-Marks. Avoidance. Great Britain. Procedure. Rule of Sept. 7, 1914. Alien Enemy. Moratorium. 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