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AN important conference on “Patents in Relation to Industry” was held, under the presidency of Lord Moulton, in connection with the British Scientific Products Exhibition, organised bv the British Science Guild at the Central Hall, West minster, on July 31, when some of the main features of the Patents and Designs Bill now before the House of Commons came under review. Sir Robert Had-field, who opened the discussion, mentioned that those who had been trying to get changes introduced into the patent law were, at this juncture, being strongly supported by the Federation of British Industries and the British Commonwealth Union. These two im portant bodies intended, he said, to press for (a) an extension of the present term of fourteen years; (b) the introduction of the American file-wrapper system into this country; and (c) the appointment of a judge possessing special scientific knowledge as president of the court that had to deal with patent matters. Messrs. W. W. Reid. Hunter Gray, K.C., D. Leechman, and James Swinburne, and Sir G. Croydon Marks also took part in the discussion.
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Patents in Relation to Industry . Nature 103, 453–454 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/103453b0
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