21 MAY 1993: Major General David C. Morehouse, Air Force TJAG, presided over the dedication of the William L. Dickinson Law Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Named in honor of Alabama Congressman William Dickinson, a retired JAG Reservist who championed the project on Capitol Hill, the facility became the new home of the JAG School.
22 May 1906: The United States Patent Office issued Orville and Wilbur Wright a patent for their “flying machine.” Following the rejection of a previous self-filed application, the brothers retained the services of Ohio Patent attorney Henry Toulmin, who recommended they seek a patent on the flight control systems rather than the aircraft itself. As a result of that strategy, it was illegal in the early 20th century to construct or control an airplane without a license to the Wright brothers’ patent. Thirteen years of fierce legal battles over intellectual property followed before the Aircraft Manufacturers Association established a patent pool with the approval of the U.S. Government in the early days of World War I.
Source: Mr. Wade Scrogham, AF JAG Corps Historian
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