Re: Nazi War Posters

On Thu, 5 Nov 98, Amalyah Keshet <akeshet[_at_]mail.netvision.net.il> wrote:
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> This is very interesting; could you elaborate on what is meant by the US
> goverment "condemning" German IP? And what areas of IP were included in
> that "fair amount"? And what sort of time frame this involved? Were the
> rights cancelled? Suspended? Works created from what date? By whom?
> How is this dealt with in international law?

I cannot speak to the Bayer question. There was an embargo on doing business with Germany that I believe was based on "Trading with the Enemy Act of 1917." German science and technology journals were unavailable in the U.S. -- a significant hardship for R&D since the Germans were at the center of so much. I recall the files of the reprint firm that I worked for in the 1960s contained correspondence (that I did not read in detail) with the Alien Property Office regarding the German journal Kunstoffe, which it reprinted after the war.

The Act refers to The Alien Property Office as well as patents, trademarks, copyrights etc.

You might like to consult SPRINGER-VERLAG: HISTORY OF A SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING HOUSE part 2 1945-1992, by Heinz Goetze. It was published in both German 1994 and English 1996. The English ISBN is 3-540-61561-x. It provides copies of documents as well as a detailed narrative. Springer was located in the British sector and was put under the control of Butterworths and Robert Maxwell.

Albert Henderson, Editor, PUBLISHING RESEARCH QUARTERLY <70244.1532[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Mon Nov 09 1998 - 14:22:27 GMT