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and the desire for the public good are appreciated as having: 
been always linked to the terms of every British patent, it 
will be seen that the British Government did no unfair thing 
and no harsh or arbitrary act when making their proposals 
for the working of British Patents in this country during the 
state of war at a time when the foreign owner was absolutely 
Prevented from working the inventions or supplying the British 
market with such patented articles while the state of war 
continued. 
Applicants for Licences. 
Every person seeking to obtain a licence to work a Patent 
owned by an alien enemy is required to satisfy the Board of 
trade upon the following three points :— 
(a) That the patentee or licensee is the subject of a State 
at war with His Majesty ; 
(b) That the person applying intends to manufacture, or 
cause to be manufactured, the patented article, or to 
carry on, or cause to be carried on, the patented 
process ; 
(c) That it is in the general interests of the country or of 
a section of the community, or of a trade, that such 
articles should be manufactured or such process 
carried on as aforesaid. 
After the application has been lodged at the Patent Office 
bearing a stamp fee of £2, the same is referred to the Comptroller 
° r appointed tribunal for hearing and conducting an inquiry, 
who then, as a result of such, makes a report to the Board of 
Trade, with whom rests the absolute discretion to grant a 
bcence or to order the avoidance or suspension in whole or 
m part of any Patent upon such terms and conditions, if any, 
as they may think fit. 
The following is the complete text of the new British Patent 
Act and the Rules made thereunder relating to the Patents 
an d Trade Marks that have been granted to subjects of any 
St ate at war with His Majesty. The full text is also given of 
the Acts relating to Trading with the Enemy :— 
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