Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and brief in support thereof (1916)

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cnit, on appeal, affirmed said decree (page 1499) 19 and denied an application for a rehearing (page 1512). Copies of the opinions filed in the District Court and in the Court of Appeals are appended hereto, the opinion of the District Cour-t l>eing marked "Exhibit A'' ; the opinion of the Court of Appeals on the original hearing being marked "Exhibit B," and the opinion of the Appellate Court on the rehearing being marked "Exhibit C' XI. That consideration of these opinions shows that petitioner's contention as to infringement is oQ and has always been that the use of the Precision machine by the respondent, Prague Amusement Company, was an unauthorized one and therefore an infringement of the Latham patent, because, in using said machine the Prague Amusement Company did not comply with the following conditions of use imposed by petitioner upon users of machines, namely : License Condition No. 1. That the machine should be used only with motion pictures leased from a manufacturer licensed by the petitioner ; and License Condition No. 2. That the user of the machine should pay to petitioner a royalty or rental (to be fixed by petitioner) while the machine was in use. XII. That non-compliance by respondent, Prague Amusement Company, Avith either condition, resulted, as petitioner claims, in an unauthorized use of the machine, and therefore an infringement of the Latham patent. 21