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 #:
00051
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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45 adjudication on the merits and on the testimony taken in the case. (IV, 2180, fol. 3.) This was a period of about six years. In that time one volume of testimony had been taken and about a dozen witnesses, or an average of two witnesses a year, had been called. (IV, 2181, fol. 2.) One witness gave a great deal of testimony. (IV, 2181, fol. 4.) This witness was Mr. Armat. (IV, 2183, fol. 2.) Of the various suits brought by the Armat Company and enumerated by Mr. Armat the Armat Company selected the suit against the Edison Company as the test suit. (IV, 2185, fol. 3.) In none of the other suits had any testimony been taken. (IV, 2184-2185.) Therefore, to sum up the litigation on the Jenkins and Armat patent, though a number of suits had been brought, only about twelve witnesses had been summoned in a period of six years and no adjudication had been reached. In view of these facts we submit that the statements contained in Mr. Church's brief at the top of page 68 do not convey an accurate impression as to this patent. The following are all the cases dealing with this patent : Armat Moving Picture Company v. American Mutoscope Company, 118 Fed., 840; Armat Moving Picture Company v. Edison Manufacturing Company, 121 Fed., 539; Armed Moving Picture Company v. Edison Manufacturing Company, 125 Fed., 239. In the case against the Edison Company a temporary injunction was