in connection with general education, has become an important factor in our university system cannot admit of a doubt. New responsibilities have come to it for which it must provide. While it must in the future, as at present, be first a professional school, it must also be more than a professional school. It must furnish increasing facilities in order to meet the requirements of its new constituency. I cannot look upon the present tendencies as other than fortunate both from the professional and the educational point of view. They mean greater thoroughness, higher standards and a wider range of opportunity for the law student and a broadening of the horizon of general study in a direction that the spirit of the times and the needs of our modern business life demand. PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECTION OF PATENT, TRADE MARK AND COPYRIGHT LAW. August 29, 1900, 3 P. M. A meeting of the Section was held, Frederick P. Fish, of Boston, Chairman of the Section, in the Chair. Present: Edmund Wetmore, of New York; R. S. Taylor, of Indiana; Lester L. Bond, of Illinois; Melville Church, of the District of Columbia; Charles Martindale, of Indiana; Arthur P. Greeley, of the District of Columbia; William C. Strawbridge, of Pennsylvania; Francis Rawle, of Pennsylvania; J. Nota McGill, of the District of Columbia; H. C. Levis, of New York; E. M. Bartlett, of Nebraska; C. A. Dudley, of Iowa; B. A. Rich, of New York; J. W. Terry, of Texas; A. H. Walker, of New York, and James I. Kay, of Pennsylvania. In the absence of the Secretary, Arthur Steuart, James I. Kay, of Pennsylvania, was elected Secretary, pro tempore. The Address of F. P. Fish, Chairman, was then read. (See the Address at end of these Minutes.) The report of the Committee on Procedure in Federal Courts was then presented by Robert S. Taylor, of Indiana. (See the Report at end of these Minutes.) After remarks on the subject by L. L. Bond, Melville Church, Francis Rawle, Edmund Wetmore, W. C. Strawbridge and J. I. Kay, on motion of Edmund Wetmore, the following resolution was adopted: That the Section approve the principles of the report and request the Standing Committee on Patents to prepare a bill which shall follow its general principles, with such modifications. as they think best, and present it to the Association at its next meeting. The report of the Committee on Patent Office Practice, signed by J. I. Kay and M. Church, was then read by J. I. Kay. (See the Report at end of these Minutes.) After the reading of the report, on motion of R. S. Taylor, the following resolution was adopted: That the recommendations of the committee in regard to Rule 41 be concurred with, and that the committee be continued with instructions to continue its efforts for the amendment of the rule as proposed in the report at such a time and manner as shall seem to it best. The report of the committee also referred to the number of appeals in the Patent Office, and stated that it was believed there was no necessity for so many appeals, and recommended the appointment of a special committee to consider the matter, with instructions to report a form of bill which would give the necessary form of relief. As to this part of the report, discussion was had by Messrs. Church, Kay, Bond, Greeley, Wetmore, and the Chairman, and, on motion of Edmund Wetmore, the following resolution was adopted: That the recommendation of the report as to the appointment of such special committee be adopted, the committee to report the form of bill to the Standing Committee on Patents. The Chair referred to certain corrections to be made in the report of the Committee on Trade Marks, copies of which had been printed and circulated, and after discussion of the matter, on motion of Edmund Wetmore, it was resolved: That the Chairman, in presenting the report of the Committee on Trade Marks to the Association, call attention to the fact that the proposed bill appended to the report is at present not in final form, but that the bill to be finally approved will be that presented in conjunction with the bill to be prepared by the committee appointed by Congress, as stated in the report. Thursday, August 30, 1900, 3 P. M. Frederick P. Fish, Chairman of the Section, in the Chair. A paper by Arthur Steuart, of Maryland, entitled "Copyright for Design" was then read by the Secretary. (See the Paper at end of these Minutes.) Discussion was then had upon the paper by Messrs. Greeley, Wetmore, Taylor, McGill, Bond, and the Chairman. On motion of Edmund Wetmore, it was resolved that the matter be referred to the Standing Committee to consider the whole subject of copyright protection and to take such action as was considered proper. A paper entitled "Unfair Competition in Trade," by Lysander Hill, of Illinois, was then read by Melville Church. Discussion was had upon the paper, and upon the general subject of unfair competition in trade, including the sending of letters threatening suit for infringement, by Messrs. Walker, Strawbridge, Greeley, Rawle, Kay, Taylor, and the Chairman. On motion of Francis Rawle it was resolved that the Chairman of the Committee on Patent, Trade Mark and Copyright Law move before the Association at its session to-morrow that the question as to how to deal with the existing laws in such way as to obtain uniformity of decision in patent, trade mark and copyright cases, be referred to the Standing Committee on Patent, Trade Mark and Copyright Law. A resolution was adopted that the Chairman be instructed. to confer with the Committee on Publications and request the publication of Lysander Hill's Address, and also the publication of the Report made by R. S. Taylor referring to the creation of a Court of Patent Appeals. The Chair announced the committee to draft a bill as to appeals in the Patent Office as follows: Melville Church, A. P. Greeley and W. C. Strawbridge. It was moved by R. S. Taylor that the present officers of the Section be continued for the next year. The motion was put and carried unanimously. On motion adjourned. J. I. KAY, Secretary pro tempore. |