United States of America v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others (1914)

Record Details:

Title:
United States of America v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others
Date:
1914
Publisher:
Washington, D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office
Volume:
United States of America v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others
Leaf #:
00044
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
December 21, 2023
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38 but must be limited to a projecting apparatus. So construed, held not infringed. The only part of the projecting machine covered by the Latham patent is the so-called loop which is a detail of construction. The defendants, however, use the terms "Latham projecting machine" and "Latham camera" to indicate a camera or projecting machine in which there is a loop in the film, although none of the other parts of the complicated projecting machine or camera are affected by this patent. (See Marvin, VI, 3289, fol. 4.) Marvin testified that the Latham patent had been infringed by everybody ever since it had been issued. (I, 124, fol. 1.) In March, 1908, Dyer said that the Latham patent "relates to a detail in the construction of the projecting machines." (V, 2521, fol. 4.) "I do not look upon the Latham patent as a serious thing, in fact it is nothing but a joke in the business. Ever since its issue in 1902 my company has been importuned to purchase it, but I have always regarded it as so unimportant as not to warrant serious consideration." (V, 2522, fol. 1.) The above statement was published in the Show World of March 21, 1904. A week later Dyer said, as published in the Show World of April 4, 1908: The Latham patent was granted August 26, 1902, and according to the people who