CONTRIBUTORY INFRINGEMENT

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HEARINGS

BEFORE

SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 4 OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 3866

A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE PROTECTION OF PATENT
RIGHTS WHERE ENFORCEMENT AGAINST DIRECT
INFRINGERS IS IMPRACTICABLE, TO DEFINE
"CONTRIBUTORY INFRINGEMENT," AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MAY 25 AND JUNE 3, 1949

STANFORD
LIBRARIES

Serial No. 17

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1950

Text of bill H. R. 3866...

Testimony of

Giles S. Rich, Esq., vice president, The New York Patent Law Asso-

ciation

Le Roi J. Williams, Esq., Philco Corp-

Stephen Cerstvik, Esq., Aircraft Industries Association_

Harold F. Watson, Esq., The American Patent Law Association.......

Prepared statement of Stephen Cerstvik.

Prepared statement of Harold F. Watson_.

Testimony of—

JUNE 3, 1949

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I. E. McCabe, The Mercoid Corp., Chicago, Ill...

John C. Stedman, Esq., Antitrust Division, Department of Justice 40, 63, 75

Hon. Fritz G. Lanham, National Patent Council..

Giles S. Rich, Esq., supra.--

APPENDIX

Federal cases 1948-49 construing the Mercoid cases....

Letter from Secretary of Defense-

Prepared statements of—

The Patent Law Association of Chicago_

The Michigan Patent Law Association.

National Association of Manufacturers_ .

Letters from:

Alfred R. Fuchs, Esq., Kansas City, Mo__.

John M. Cole, Esq., New York, N. Y.

Telegram from Harris, Kiech, Foster & Harris, Los Angeles, Calif

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