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the giant. Infringers are liable for all (iamages, expenses and costs 

 to the patentee. 



France grants patents without examination as to novelty, to either 

 foreigners or residents, but only to fu'st inventors, and for five, ten or 

 fifteen years, at the option of the applicant, for a government tax of 

 100 francs or $20 a year, payable annually, the first payment to be 

 made at the time of the application. The patent will be forfeited by 

 non-payment of the tax, or by allowing the invention to remain in- 

 active for two years, or by the patentee importing an article of foreign 

 manufacture, like that protected by the patent. Infringers are pun- 

 ished by forfeiture to the patentee, of all articles wrongfully made, 

 together with tools and machinery used in making them, and by a fine 

 of from 100 to 2,000 francs ; and for a repetition of infringement 

 imprisonment is added. 



Belgium grant patents for five, ten and fifteen years, at the discre- 

 tion of the applicant, to either importers or inventors of new im- 

 provements, for from 150 to 750 florins, or from $65 to $260, accord- 

 ing to the duration and value of the patent. The patent may be for- 

 feited by omitting for two years to put the invention into active use, 

 or by the patentee patenting it in any other country. 



Netherlands and the Dutch West Indies grant patents nearly on the 

 same terms and principles as'Belgium. 



Austria grants patents without examination as to novelty, to resident 

 inventors or the assignees of foreign inventors, for from one to five 

 years, as may be preferred by the applicant, for a government fee, 

 payable at the time of the application, amounting to about $16 pei 

 annum for the term of the patent, and an additional annual tax of 

 about four or five dollars. The invention must be put into active u§e 

 within one year from the grant of the patent. Infringement is pun- 

 ished by injunction for the first offence, and forfeiture to the patentee 

 of the wrongfully made article, and a fine not exceeding 100 ducats, 

 for a repetition after injunction. 



