Everybody would be a policeman; the
industrial class would become a myth. Then, perhaps, order would
reign in monopoly.
"The principle of the law yet to be made concerning trade-marks,"
says M. Renouard, "is that these marks cannot and should not be
transformed into guarantees of quality."
This is a consequence of the patent law, which, as we have seen,
does not guarantee the invention. Adopt M. Renouard's principle;
after that of what use will marks be? Of what importance is it
to me to read on the cork of a bottle, instead of TWELVE-CENT
WINE or FIFTEEN-CENT WINE, WINE-DRINKERS' COMPANY or the name of
any other concern you will? What I care for is not the name of
the merchant, but the quality and fair price of the merchandise.
The name of the manufacturer is supposed, it is true, to serve as
a concise sign of good or bad manufacture, of superior or
inferior quality. Then why not frankly take part with those who
ask, besides the mark of ORIGIN, a mark significant of
something? Such a reservation is incomprehensible.
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