Punctuation has been made consistent.

Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication.

The wording of the chapter section titles in the Table of Contents differs from the actual section titles in many cases.

There is no Chapter I section title corresponding to the [Table of Contents entry "Ten-Years Clause."]

[p. 29:] The "ORMROD" is not completely legible in the original publication and may not be exactly correct in the alt attribute for this illustration. (ORMROD LEHIGH CO)

[p. 68:] The Chapter IV section title "Infringement by Foreigners Through Importation" is not included in the Table of Contents.

[p. 82:] The 3 in 1903 in the "Swift & Co.'s trade-mark" figure on this page is not completely legible in the original publication and may not be correct in the alt attribute for this illustration. (COPYRIGHT 1903)