Legal Opinion
Victor Talking Mach. Co. v. Leeds & Catlin Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York
Decided December 22, 1908No. 2,208Published
In Equity. Demurrer to bill of complaint for alleged infringement of United States letters patent No. 739,318, known as “Johnson Patent.”
1Opinion of the Court
RAY, District Judge.
The patent sued upon contains the following claims:
“(1) A sound-record comprising a flat disk composed of a material which will soften under the application of heat, and having sound-waves impressed upon its surface, a thin tablet of a material which is adapted to receive and retain permanently printed matter, pressed into said disk when in a heated condition so as to be flush with the surface thereof.
“(2) A sound-record comprising a flat disk composed of a material which will soften under the application of heat, and having sound-waves impressed upon its surface, a thin…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Elliott & Hatch Book-Typewriter Co. v. Fisher Typewriter Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1901
- American Graphophone Co. v. National Phonograph Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1904
- Moss v. McConway-Torley Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania · 1906