Digest of the Reported Cases

Excerpt from A Digest of the Reported Cases: Relating to the Law and Practice of Letters Patent for Inventions, Decided From the Passing of the Statute of Monopolies to the Present Time This is essentially a book of reference. Its object is to supply a reliable and exhaustive summary of the reported Patent Law Cases decided in English Courts of Law and Equity. No opinion is expressed upon the Cases digested, and no attempt is made to reconcile conflicting decisions. All that the book contains rests upon the authority of the Judges. The classification adopted is that which naturally suggests itself from the practical working of Patent Law rights, and the chronological arrangement of the Cases gives a complete history of legal decision on the several points of Law and Practice under which they are arranged. This is the Author's justification for retaining some few Overruled Cases, and for introducing several decisions upon the same point where they are of different dates. Cases which bear only on the present system of pleading, and upon the repeal of Letters Patent by scire facias, have been omitted, as reform in both modes of procedure appears to be imminent. Should the Patents for Inventions Bill, 1875, become law, it will be added as an Appendix to this Digest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.