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The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants (1912)

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OEIGINAL PETITION, EXHIBIT 5. 98 of the Motion Picture Patents Company, the owner of the above patents and reissued patent, while it owns said patents, and upon other terms to be fixed b}^ the Motion Picture Patents Company and comphed with by the user while it is in use and while the Motion Picture Patents Company owns said patents. The removal or defacement of this plate terminates the right to use this machine. (6) The Licensee further covenants and agrees that each and every motion picture exhibiting or projecting machine not capable of exhibiting or projecting by transmitted light, motion pictures on a film of a width greater than approximately one inch (1^0? o^ capable of exhibiting or projecting motion pictures on film of any width, but only with reflected light, and embodying one or more of the inventions described and claimed in the said Letters Patent Nos. 578185, 580749, 586953, 588916, 673329, 673992, 707934, 722382, 744251, 770937, 771280, 785205, and 785237; and made in the United States, its Territories and possessions by the Licensee, shall be sold by the Licensee, except when sold for export, under the restrictions and condition that the said exhibiting or projecting machine shall be used in exhibiting or projecting motion pictures only in places to which no admission fee is charged. The Licensee further covenants and agrees that the Licensee will attach in a conspicuous place to each and every such exhibiting or projecting machine of the Licensee's manufacture, sold b}^ the Licensee, except for export, after the date hereof, a plate showing plainly not only the dates of the Letters Patent under which the said machine is licensed, but also the following words and figures: Patented No. The sale and purchase of this machine gives only the right to use it so long as this plate is not removed or defaced and in places to which no admission fee is charged. (7) The Licensee further covenants and agrees that to each and every motion-picture exhibiting or projecting machine of any kind, embodying one or more of the inventions described and claimed in the said United States Letters