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On March 11, 1912, the Supreme Court of the United State? Handed down its decision in the case of Sydney Henry vs. A. B. Dick Co., which served to further establish the ac' cepted ideas of price-controlling power of makers of Patented patented articles. This decision, in brief, took the ground that the monopoly power granted by the patent gave the patentee the right to enforce restrictions covering the article subsequent to sale. This decision has led the makers of patented articles to feel much freer to enforce price-restrictions than they were between the time of the Miles vs. Park decision and the date of this new decision which is commonly referred to as the Dick case, or the Rotary Mimeograph case. This decision was reached by a 4 to 3 vote, there being one vacancy on the Bench, and Justice Day not participating in the case on account of illness. An ineffectual effort was made to have the case given a rehearing, and the House Committee on Patents has submitted to Congress, (largely as a result of this case) the Oldfield Bill defining the limits of control over an article after it is sold even if it is sold under a patent monopoly. This bill is against the trend of previous decisions; if it is passed the pricecontrolling power of the seller of a patented article will not long enjoy its present degree of freedom from legal restriction.* The Miles vs. Park decision necessarily upset the selling arrangements of many manufacturers, and the question as to how far a manufacturer of unpatented articles can go in the matter of maintaining his price and still keep within the law is by no means settled even yet. An illustration of what took place in many concerns is found in the following letter which was sent out by the Eastman Kodak Company to its retailers, and the announcement which followed it:...