Vann, J. It is conceeded by the appellant that, independent of copyright or letters ¡latent, an inventor or author, has, by the common law, an exclusive property in his invention ox-composition, until by publication it becomes the property of the general public. This concession seems to be well founded and to be sustained by authority. (Palmer v. De Witt,…
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