Tagore Law Lectures 1916 - The Law of Monopolies in British India

To make the lectures on the law of patents and copyright more serviceable to the student and the practitioner the Indian Patents and Designs Act of fqir the Patents and Designs (Temporary Rules) Act of roi5 and the Indian Patents and Designs Rules of 1912 have been added as appendix to lecture V ; and the Indian Copyright Act of 1914 and the Indian Copyright Regulations of 1914 have been add [...] The combination of traders for the purpose of putting up prices beyond those fixed by the 'State was as the author reminds us known in the days of Mann and the repressive measures in force to suppress the practice find mention in the Mitakshara. [...] Such grants they maintained were contrary to the spirit of Magna Charta and against the ancient and - fundamental laws of the realm and the liberties of the subject. [...] Heated debates had taken place in the House of Commons in Queen Elizabeth's reign notably in 1565 and again in 16o1 and although the tact of Elizabeth lead her to give way to popular feeling the evil was revived in the reign of James I. Under that Monarch in spite of the decision in Darcy v. Allein in 1602 which declares monopolies except in the.case of new invetions to be against the co [...] This policy was recognised even in the time of Queen Elizabeth in the case of Darcy v. Allein that great landmark in the history of monopolies and it was incorporated later in the Statute of Monopolies.