ROYAL COMMISSIONS ETC.
| Published date | 01 January 1947 |
| Date | 01 January 1947 |
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2230.1947.tb00038.x |
ROYAL
COMMISSIONS
ETC.
ROYAL COMMISSION
ON
AWARDS
TO
INVENTORS
A
ROYAL
Commission on Awards to Inventors was set up by
Royal Warrant of May
15, 1946,
published in the
London
Gazette
of
May
17, 1946,
p.
2349.
The terms of reference, the
rules
of
procedure and general instructions to intending
claimants are contained in
a
leaflet issued in August,
1946,
obtainable from
H.M.
Stationery Office
or
from the Secretary
of the Commission at Somerset House, Strand, London, W.C.2.
The function of the Commission is to settle awards to be
made by the Crown to inventors whose inventions, patents,
designs, drawings
or
processes were used by the armed forces,
the supply departments, Government contractors
or
by Allied
Governments during the
198.9-1945
war.
This task is being entrusted to
a
special Commission because
the number of patented inventions used by the Crown during
the war
is
so
large that the ordinary peace-time procedure
under section
29
of the Patents Act would probably be
unworkable. Moreover it appears fair that inventors and
owners of designs, drawings, secret processes, etc., which are
unpatentable
or
for
which in fact no patent was taken
out
by
the inventor, should receive some remuneration
if
their
inventions were used by the Government for the purpose of
winning the war; in other words the inventor has just as
much right to compensation for the use of his property for war
purposes as the owner of a house
or
a
factory requisitioned
under the Defence Regulations.
The Commission can make awards under
four
heads,
vix.
:-
(1)
For
the use of
a
patented invention
or
a
registered
design. In this case the Commission undertakes
the functions ordinarily exercised by the Court
under section
29
of
the Patents and Designs Acts,
(2)
For
the use of an invention
or
design where the
Treasury requests the Commission to assist in the
completion
of
pending negotiations.
(8)
For
the use of unpatented inventions, designs,
drawings
or
processes which are
of
exceptional
1907-1946.
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