[D8749AAL], Letter from Dyer and Seely to Thomas Alva Edison, July 30th, 1887
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Title
[D8749AAL], Letter from Dyer and Seely to Thomas Alva Edison, July 30th, 1887
Editor's Notes
Incomplete document. "With regard to Spanish American patents in your files process we can procure patents at the following rates. They look rather high which is because the Government fees are high. Usually the smaller and less important a country is, the more it costs to get a patent there. ## [table listing Central and South American countries, the price to obtain a patent, and the duration of the patent] ## Guatemala grants no patents to foreigners. Honduras has no patent law. ## It seems to me the only countries where patents are likely to be of much use are Mexico, Brazil, Chile, and perhaps Argentina. You know how unstable the Governments of most of the South American countries are, and the patent granted one day might be withdrawn by a new ruler or the next. A better way, I think, in most of these countries, if you have a really good thing which will develop a hitherto useless product, would be to obtain through some are the[--]s some kind of a concession to enable you to work it profitably. I know that sort of thing is done in those countries. This doesn't apply to Jamaica and British Guiana which are English colonies. The patents there might be"
Author
Recipient
Date
1887-07-30
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8749-F
Microfilm ID
120:211
Document ID
D8749AAL
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University