...nation "g when such foreign state or nation, permits to citizens of the United States of America the the benefit of copyright on substantially the same...America may at its pleasure become a party to such agreement. The existence of either of the conditions aforesaid shall be determined by the President...

...state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States the benfit of copyright on substantially the same basis as its...by the terms of which agreement the United States may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement, the existence of either of these conditions...

...provisions apply only to citizens of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit...which provides for reciprocity in the granting of a copyright, by the terms of which agreement the United States of America may at its pleasure become...

...Act of August 1, 1882, 22 Stat. 181, c. 366. own citizens; or when such foreign state or LECTURE xin. nation is a party to an international agreement which...America may, at its pleasure, become a party to such agreement." 1 Legislation was also had upon the subject of Patents, patents for inventions in the First...

...shall only apply to a citizen of a foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit...own citizens ; or when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America copyright privileges substantially similar to those...

...act is inoperative. But a second case is included in the same section — that in which " a foreign nation is a party to an international agreement, which...by the terms of which, agreement the United States may at its pleasure become a party to such agreement." This condition is obscure. Does it mean an agreement...

...iMTmittbiK sim- foreign state or nation when such foreign state or nation permits tn iiar rights. ^ citizens of the United States of America the benefit...same basis as its own citizens: or when such foreign Treaty stipulations, state or nation is a party to an international agreement which provides for reciprocity...

...(in the strange jargon which it has pleased the draftsman of the American Act to use) " permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit...substantially the same basis as its own citizens." Lord Monkswell's Bill for consolidating and amending our own Copyright Acts, now before the House of...

...to a citizen or subject of a foreign state or nation, when such foreign state or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit...of copyright on substantially the same basis as its 1 Pennsylvania v. Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Co., 18 How. 421, 430. * Act of May 31, 1790, 1 Stat....

...apply to a citizen or subject of a foreign State or nation when such foreign State or nation permits to citizens of the United States of America the benefit of copyright on substantially the same basis of its own citizens ; or when such foreign State or nation is a party to an international agreement...