Brief for the United States (1914)

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TAKT IV. :i9 I'rcnsiircr, J. J. Kcimcdy ; also president of liio<;-r.-iI>li ( '(). Secretary, (Jeoi-i^'e Seiill, an attorney of the Kdison Maniit'aetiii'iiiu ( 'o. ( I, i:;, I'c.ls. 4.) These ol'lieers ha\'e at all times siiiee its incorporation constituted the entire hoai'd oi' directors of the Patents Co., except tiiat William Pelzei*, an officer of Thomas A. Edison (Inc.), has been for some time past and is now secretary and director in ])lace of George F. Scull. (Pet., p. 12.) All of the stock of the Patents Co., except the four (iualifying shares hekl ])y the four directors, has be(»n owned ever since its organization, one half by the Edison JVlanufacturing Co. and its successor, Thomas A. Edison (Inc.), and the other half by the Biograph Co. (I, 21, foh 3), as provided in the preliminary agreements for the assignment of the patents hereinafter described. (Pet., 11, 12; I, 12-23.) 6. PreJiminanj agreements for the assignment of the patents. (Pet., pp. 1-2-16.) There were four of these agreements, all executed as above stated, Deceml)er 18, 1908, each agreement being entered into by one of the following com-[ianies with the Patents Co. : 1. Edison Manufacturing Co. (Ex. 2 to Pet., p. 45; Marvin, I, 12, fol. 3.)