Brief for the United States (1914)

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114 PAET VII. (Govt. Ex. 173, II, 922-923, 924, fol. 2; III, 1669, fol. 3-1670) : The Show World. (AprU 4, 1908.) EDISON COUNSEL TALKS OF MOVING-PICTURE WAR. Orange^ N. J., March 28, — Prank L. Dyer, general counsel for the Edison Manufacturing Co., upon being asked by a Show World representative if he cared to make any further statement in reference to the movingpicture situation, said : "Mj attention has just been called to a statement issued by Mr. Kleine and appearing in the Show World of March 21. I have nothing to retract from my original characterization of the Latham patent as ' a Joke in the business.' The Latham patent was granted August 26, 1902, and, according to the people who are now affirming its validity, it has been infringed b}^ everyone since that time. Wliy was it not litigated to a final hearing as was done with the Edison camera patent? Obviously, because its original owners tliought so little of its validity that they did not care to incur the expense of a suit. I have been familiar with this patent ever since its issue, and a gentleman very closely coniK^cted with the corporation by which it was originally owned is a very close personal friend of mine. To oblige him, I