The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-09
rS0FIT IN MOVING PICTURES
rI,ON. as TNVFNTOR. GETS
in0I ~ .POO Z WEN.

., ,sr,sra Prs.loeeT- sc, 81 " JnNc,,os,
NEsIn.t I'rsu,hSViged TTsa~y~ No~
owe ~ 0sSD show, " RVS CsuRtr,
"N'ch ENh's" Weston P'-'ures
-.,,, the settlement not long agc II
H-srsnc@s bs'~ ssr Thomas Z Fd,son
'h- eicUsrh people AMI ysri, Wis
-. -ulen' rnoy ma picture companies
r-ful'st In Nr Edison TeaptnR
n., e h's genIus ami his industry.
clement phich fcllnved . FedsrsI
.,' i-hIInatIcn oG Mr. Edison patsn,
90. peace hsd promised - reign
..- ~ he manufacturers cf The pictures
OBJ rrst tim" ~ rss'iv fifteen years
.' Zee months ago . number ~ new
lilctuTsrs sprsng up who. " -
rs'j bodily infTinS-'i upon Mr.
q ms patents and set about jussiIying
,nssl, e on the ground that. a. they
ag@d the sley eii manufacturers IN this
'.9n'ry and Europe Who sinc> tho set
'.'"~~r, have been paying Nj Edison
al,i~s we're violating the sherman
Anu-'rust Law
u 70 declared that these mon repre-
ssn'~i that they would either break up the
-'''lement OF force Mr Ediscn ~ open his
r4'-nts TO them This idea ~ con'-nd,ng
t-a' the exercise ~ an inv entors patent
shtS led to violation oT the sherman
vas the only novel feature W the
"rkston. which resulted yesterday ~
1""ision by Judge Ncyes ~ the nit-i
-,s,es Circuit Court that an injunction
.N"uld lie against the group of defendants.
tho admittedly have been infringing
MON MIR. Ediscns patents. the defendants
Ha'ng Carl Lssmule and chs independent
Noving Picture Company ~ America.
- ~hich he IL president. and IN" Tanto-
graph Compsny
The president II one Vt the companies
-h'ch are paying royalties to Nr Edison
aid Yesterday. You may 500 at a glance
hat With the tOo0.OO W ; npO. pO psrsous
vho nlsks NJ the daily ATTENDANCE Of The
a - moving picture theatres in this
r"un'ry the question NJ tho supply II
these films is q matter oT wide interest
Er there ~ more intimate ntsres,
tnV the great hulk " the American peopl.
rho admire 'Th"rns- E.iison. AMI that
psr' ot the story has never h~ep told
w Edison has always gwen hts patents
tn the public 80 told the pubhr ~ hts
A..hiev eneut- almost before hS had tho
pa,~n,s on, and b.fcTs hs had organized
any companies =" operate und.r th"m
With the result that w ~ -ingl" instance.
h-,i-ve has no r-ep-d the undistTrhed
benefit Of has braun Work
Now until the Sett leinent NJ the moving
picture patent d,spUt" ~ MS faVor, which
resulted IN the union Oi he tdlsOn and
Telegraph companies w thT Motion Picture
PATENTS Cl'upAny Tho piaiutih ~ the
.l,tion lust decided by Judge Moves he
wasn't getting anything fruiu his moving
I''r'ur" invention and Was involved Va
Il -. o.
,"vNs have hsnen IEaying him royalties:
bc HograUh COMPANY, the Edt-oa
Manufacturing Company. the ta~sAney
] m Manufacturing CurnI'any. the eau
t.eorge kleiue. the Lubih Manufacturing
omnsny. George Neh'--. pdihN Proves.
me SehR polyscop COmtany anJ the
l,tsgTsph Company nj Anerioa. aight ~
hem Icing American concerns and the
,Ytiers European Interests
Aud here - what tho business amounts
~ "a dollars and cents. Twenty pfodig,-
roOs aro irs-sBed each week in this county
/ s'h l. OF 49, feet OF hlrn. making 5000
'"of aud ghty 81 ga IA are issued making
go O,p fe~i On this produ~, ion a ROYALTY
- o0@-hslf cent Is'r foot y pad 10 Mt
tdisOu. giving HIM from this source
weekly rcVenu" of SGD
since tho -ettlement under which
th..S. royalties Z ~ ~ IA there hr- gT,Een
svarrn Of peoplc % whom cert -eniml"
% one who have gone into the business
II ssipplviug moving piCtu re films ia which
hey had - violate Mr. Ldison's patent
ghts. In the course Of Il Trey have
keu GTDm the concerns Fiready enIAfner-
aiei some OF their employees and ectOrs,
wing them prepOvterotlsly high prices.
~ then in some Gases letting them 90
siicr having used their tslents and IN
formation Tor "A short period Their
men contention before the public end
rls profession. or business. has been thst
no concerns paying the Edison royalties
v,r" violating the sherman Law and
vu,Id -Ooner or later have IN quit. wftls
p. Nv these concerns ara using patents
on which they are saying royalties.
The matter just decid@d by Judge
~, was an action by the Motion Picture
I'auts Company against Carl Lasmmie
md The independent Moving Picture
'"mpcn nv and against the Photograph
oWpSny. The judge has ruled that
'r" 'H't6ity of the patent In question
r,- aIreAdy been sdiudicsted. and he
id. and inTrn cement on the part Of the
I.'"utant CoTpOrs tons - conceded He
.-p SAYS I en- also OF the OpiniOU thst
POI" rharRs. n s-ts blishsd. that the com
..'t .uant - it-elf. or n r member OF. a
,"UIpnstIOn IN violation OF the Federal
.ntr-tTIst statute. is not = defence avail
able m an action for the infringement
OF t issfent and fails TO show defect
The Contpls inants title. An iniunc-
i..r agalust the defendant corporations
nay therefore issue. The proof Of per
-r'.N Infringement by the defendant
'.trtrrul. - however. deemed Insufficient
r.. variant the issuance Of IA Injunction
,.r|u-t him and " ~ denied But this
.H'ru = without prejudice to the right
.. ..- ,amy!asSsfit 20 Tot:s- ss;s 3S55sscS
t. Dc "a -. future acts OF personal in