The Moving Picture World (May 1908)

394 THE MOVING PICTURE WORfcfi So if you are hesitating stop right now and adopt our QUALITY FILM SERVICE We supply only what is good in films. We leave the junk field to our competitors PITTSBURG CALCIUM LIGHT ANO FILM CO. Pittsburg, Pa. De© Moines, la. Rochester, PJ. Y. -■■:■■■-.' E^E2 BBS <T A Motion Picture Story of a Child, a Dog and a Pony. .'."...' LENGTH 725 FEET Released. May 8 . (See reading columns for lecture) . KALEMCO. 131 W. 24th St. - New York 1—ggggg mi i ii ii mi ■mil n i- •'€ pictures of President Roosevelt were referred to by Mr. Connoly. The same defense was made. The Olympic Ath- ltic Club objected to the police stopping business in its roller skating rink on Sundays. Decision was reserved in each case. FILM SERVICE ASSOCIATION. Edison Secures Injunction Against Exhibitor. The. following statement has been received from the sec- retary of the association: To Exhibitors of and Dealers in Moving Picture Films: The Edison Manufacturing Company, as now generally well-known, is the owner of United States Letters Patent Reissue No. 12,192," granted to Thomas A. Edison January .12, 1004. This patent covers the manufacture, sale and use of all practical moving picture.films. It is the intention of .the company to protect.its rights under this patent in every possible manner, and to that end it has instituted suits against all makers and users of unlicensed films wherever it has received information as to any infringement of the patent. One of these suits, that of Edison Manufacturing Company vs. Christ ,Rolandsen, in which the bill of com- plaint was filed March 16, 1908, has been determined favor- ably to the Edison Manufacturing Company, the complain- ant in the suit, and a decree has just been entered in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. After reciting that the defend- ant had been properly served with process, and had caused his appearance to be entered, the decree reads: "It is ordered, adjudged and decreed, and the court doth hereby order, adjudge and decree as follows, to wit: "First, that all the material allegations of the said bill of complaint are true. "Second, that the Reissued Letters Patent of the United States, No. 12,192, dated the 12th day of January, 1904, are good and valid Letters Patent; that the complainant is the owner of the same and of all rights of action for profits ana damages arising out of the infringement thereof; that the defendant herein, prior to the filing of the bill and with- in the period of six years last past, and since the 12th day of January, 1904, infringed upon the said Letters Patent and upon the rights of the complainant thereunder by using, within this District, moving picture films containing and embodying the inventions covered by the said Reissued Let- ters Patent, without the license or authority of the owners thereof, and to the damage of the complainant. "It is further' ordered, adjudged and decreed, and the court doth hereby order, adjudge and decree, that the said defendant, his agents, attorneys, servants, and workmen be, and they and each of them are hereby enjoined from the further infringement of the said Reissued Letters Patent, No. 12,192, and the rights of the complainant therein and thereunder, and particularly from making, using or selling without the authority of the complainant any moving pic- ture films containing or embodying the improvements or inventions set forth in said Reissued Letters Patent, and covered by the claims thereof or each or any of the said claims. And it appearing to the court that the parties have agreed upon the damages and profits that the defendant has paid the same to the complainant, and that the com- plainant has waived an accounting herein, this decree is made final, the defendant to pay the costs." It is desired to call the attention of all moving picture buy- ers and exhibitors to this decree in order that every one shall be properly advised as to the probable outcome of the suits which have been or will be, filed by the company against infringers, and of the intention of the company to press all suits to a conclusion as rapidly as possible. - The undersigned manufacturers are the only one making moving picture films under the Edison patents, and the purchase or use of films made by any other concern will necessarily render the purchaser or user liable to prosecu- tion for infringement. EDISON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, ,.-.. • ■ ESSANAY COMPANY, ... KALEM COMPANY, SIEGMUND LUPIN, - >..»•- GEORGE MELIES, BATHE FRERES. ..-. .: . SELIG POLYSCOPE COMPANY, VITAGRAPH COMPANY OF AMERICA.