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1 Pat. L. Rev. 1 (1879-1880)

handle is hein.journals/patelre1 and id is 1 raw text is: PATENT, TRADE-MARK, AND LITERARY PROPERTY. CON)UCTED flY CHARLES S.- WHITMAN, 527 Seventh Street, Washington,, QC-C. (Eterod -odi-n to At of C , i. syer 879, 1Y CoIo ..t oo Tonoo ffio of th oibrrin of Conre,, t VOL. I. WASHINGTON, D. C., APRIL, 1879. No. 1. THE PATENT LAW REVIEW. CONTENTS. DIGEST O F THE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME AND CIRCUTIT COURTS Or THE UNITED STATES, COURTS OF TilE SVER- SE STATES, AND OF TIE COMIIISSIONER OF PATENTS IN PATENT, COPYRIGHT, AND TRADE-MARR CASES ............... 2 DIGEST OF TILE DECISIONS OF THE ENGLISII COURTS IN PAT- ENT, COPYRIGIIT, AND TitADE-MAtt CASE, .................... 9 RULES AND ORDERS OF THE UNITED STATES PIATENT O FFICE ................................................................................ 12 RULES AND OIDERS OF THE BiRITISLI PATENT OFFICE..... 13 LEGAL M ISCELLANEA ......................................................... 14 THE PATENT LAW REVIEW is published quarterly, and will be adapted to the requirements of Lawyers, Patent Agents, Patentees, Authors, Trade-ittark Proprietors, Iannfacturers, aid others who desire to keep themselves well informed con- coning the latest decisions affecting Patent, Copyright, and Trade-tark property. Each number will be found to contain a digest of all current reported decisions of the Supreme and Circuit Courts of the United States, the courts of last resort in the several States, and the English courts, hi Patent, Copyright, and Trade-Mark cases; also, the latest intelligence of unreported cases, decis- ions of the Commissioner of Patents, Rules and Orders of the United States and British Patent Offices, and other matter of interest to the classes for whom it is intended. TILE PATENT LAW REVIEW will be sent for one year, post- age prepaid, to subscribers in any part of the United States, Great Britain, or the British Colonies on receipt of two dollars. AiU communications should be addressed to CHARLES S. WHITMAN, 527 Seventh Street, Washington, D. C. WHITMAN'S SUPREME COURT PAT- ENT CASES COMPLETED. TWO VOLUMES: 2,095 PAGES: PRicE, TEN DOLLARS PER VOL- UIE, SOLD SEPAIATELY. Patent Cases determined in the Supreme Court of the United States, including Copyright and Trade-Mark Cases, and a Table of all American Patent, Copyright, and Trade-Mark Cases which have been Cited, Affirmed, or Reversed. By CHARLES SIDNEY WHITMAN, Author of Patent Laws and Practice of Obtaining Letters- Patent. As the Supreme Court of the United States possesses appel- late jurisdiction in all actions arising under the Patent Laws without regard to the sum in controversy, its adjudications are of paramount importance to those interested in this rapidly- grc wing bran hi of our national jurisprudence. 'IV le decisions of the Supreme Court having reference to pat- on,.% nr inventions have been systematically and consecutively reported, from the orgatization of tlse court to the present time, and are to be found scattered through the volumes which are embraced it tie Reports of Dallas, Cranch, Wheaton, Peters, Howard, Black, Wallace, and Otto. As sonic of these voluIes aore out of print, and complete sets are seltom to be found, (except in the 'rge libraries,) and as ii te Condensed Reports of Curtis and others tuuch natter of inmportane to the patent lawyer has been omitted, Mr. Whit- ian has perforted a valubile service to the profession in gotherin itt two volumtes cases which were hitherto only to be fountd iistributed through eighty-six. The first volne, of twelve hludred pages, colitains all cases reported by Dallas, Craieh, Whseaton, and Howard, and cov- n-rs a period extending from the first organization of the court, in 1,789 , to the Decetnber Terrn of 1861. 'The second volsne, of about eight hndred pages, contains the later cases reptorted by Black atd Wa llace. In view of the great difficulty of reporting cases of infringe- inet intelligibly iti the absence of drawigs, many cases re- quiring pictorial illustratiot have been copiously illistIrted with engravings of the mechanical devices involved in litiga- tion. The ,'olune contains, anong other nseful addenda, a Table of all Anaerican Patent, Copyright, and Trade-Mark Cases which have been Cited, Approved, Explained, Doubted, Disap- proved, Overrtled, or Reversed in the Reports of the Federal and State Courts. It preparing this Table, the anther has supplied a want which has long been felt, and the publishers are confident that lits labors will be appreciated by those who re aware of the diferulties and dotbts which arise it examining the adjudi- cated cases relating to Pattis, and wlto tre ready to avail themselves of all ineans witin their reach in reconciling con- flieting decisiots and settlitg doubtful questions. It is believed that this Table will prov e atn idspensible aux- iltary to the Digests, as it will enable tie practitioner to ascer- Lain at at glance. whether a decision has been Overruled, Doubt- ed, Qualified, Explained, or Affirmed, and to trace a principle through the books from its origin to its latest development. LETTER FROM THE HON. J. M. THACHER, LATE COIMIISSIONER OF PATENTS. CuiLA(O, Septesmber 6, 1878. CHLARLES S. WrHITIIAN, Woashington, D. ('.. DEAR SInR: I am pleased to learn that you are about to pub- lish a second volume of your Suprenm Court Cases. I have had occasion for frequent reference to your first vol- 'tine, and have fontnd it invaltable as a ready means of exam- tinig the decisions of tie Supretne Court in Patent Cases, without the necessity of looking through the large number of official reports through which they are scattered. The tables and digest I have also found exceedingly useful and reliable. The book is one which I always keep close at hatd for every- day reference, aRnd I have anxiouisly awaited the appearance of a second volume, completing the work. Yours truly, J. MR. TILuAcHER. LETTER FROM THE HON. ELLIS SPEAR, COMMIS- SIONER OF PATENTS. DEPARTatENT OF TIE INTERIOR, U. S. PATENT OFFICE, WASIINGTON, D. C., August 27, 1878. CHARLES S. WHITMAN, WaS1i .ogt, D. C.: DEAR SiR: The volume of Patent Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Utnited States subsequent to 1860 is in every-day office use. Its carefttlly-prepared statements and its table of cases which have been Affirmed, Reversed, Ex- iolained, ApproN ed, etc., are peculiarly V-stnable features, and riT-st plac. the work in high favor with the profession. Very respectfully, ELLIS SPEAR, Commisioner of Patents Address W. H. & 0. H. MORRISON, Law Booksellers. P. 0. Box 266, Washington, D. 1-

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