patent-right

Dr. Webster seemed to assume that he had a kind of monopoly in the English language, and that whoever ventured to compile a dictionary was guilty of infringing his patent-right.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 31, May, 1860 Various

In 1816 he invented the Kaleidoscope, the patent-right of which was evaded, so that the inventor gained little beyond fame, though the large sale of the instrument must have produced considerable profit.

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850 Various

There is no reason why a distinction should be made between copy-right and patent-right; but, if our legislators refuse to admit any abstract right in the matter, they might at least go so far as to conclude an international arrangement by which a publisher in either country who was willing to pay for the right of publication should be protected in its exercise.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 33, July, 1860 Various

But I can tell you one thing before you begin; if it's a patent-right, there's no money in it.

Tom Sawyer Abroad 1894

He has had some of his patent pumps (which another would make a fortune out of) made without seeing to his patent-right, and has so ingeniously contrived it as not to be able to obtain legal redress.

Selections from the Letters of Geraldine Endsor Jewsbury to Jane Welsh Carlyle 1892

It is akin in its nature to patent-right, which is also but the legal recognition of the existence of property in an idea, or a group of ideas, or the form of expression of an idea.

International Copyright Considered in some of its Relations to Ethics and Political Economy George Haven Putnam 1887

It is fatal to all copyright and to all patent-right.

International Copyright Considered in some of its Relations to Ethics and Political Economy George Haven Putnam 1887

I asked the patent-right man what commission he would allow if I would find a customer.

Twenty Years of Hus'ling 1885

We had speculated all we cared to; and after settling up with the landlord, started west again with the horse and buggy, to continue our patent-right business.

Twenty Years of Hus'ling 1885

A very impressive fact, to me, connected with this particular trip, was my traveling over five miles of road, peddling furniture polish at twenty-five and fifty cents per bottle, that a few weeks before I had driven over with the horse and buggy, and several hundred dollars in my pocket, during our patent-right experience.

Twenty Years of Hus'ling 1885