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THE TALKING MACHINE WORLD
April 15, 1920
An Open Letter to the Trade!
Webster Novelty Company
1314-20 SEDGWICK STREET
PHONE: DIVERSEY 801 1 CHICAGO
March 27th, 1920
Mr. Theo. Weiss,
President, Repeater-Stop Company, Chicago, 111.
Dear Sir:
In reply to your letter of the 20th inst., requesting information as to the facts involved in the case of the Repeatograph Company against the Webster Novelty Company as featured in their advertisements in the trade journals for March, 1920, it gives me great pleasure to state the following true and absolute facts:—
In the first place, the, case referred to was decided, over a year ago in a county court which has no jurisdiction over patent matters. The suit in Judge Foell's court was brought under a contract in which the Webster Novelty Company was interested as the manufacturers of the Repeatograph for the Repeatograph Company. A controversy arose between the Webster Novelty Company and the Repeatograph Company. We had a quantity of the devices on hand for which we received no payment and which the Repeatograph Company refused to take off our hands. So to compensate us for the manufacturing costs of these instruments, we naturally, decided to sell those already made up, but immediately after this decision, came the Repeatograph Company's suit for an injunction.
This suit was brought purely under the contract and for the purpose of restraining us from disposing of the instruments which we had manufactured originally for them, and which of course were made under the Josephson patent.
I am very familiar with all the various repeating devices on the market, yours, as well. I also know that the patents under which your device is manufactured and sold, does not infringe in any way whatever, upon any patents of other repeating or stopping devices so far shown.
I sincerely trust that this information will be entirely satisfactory, thoroughly enlightening to the trade and conclusive proof of our innocence in this case.
Yours very truly,
WEBSTER NOVELTY COMPANY
By
President
DESIGNERS OF:
HIGH GRADE TOOLS, DIES, JIGS SPECIAL MACHINERY METAL STAMPINGS AND MANUFACTURING
This advertisement has been inserted and paid for by the Webster Novelty Company