Leeds & Catlin Company v. Victor Talking Machine Company (No. 2)
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The tacts are stated in the opinion. The sound record is a temporary element of the combination forming the machine of the patent in suit and it is intended that the sound record shall frequently be replaced. The machine has no other use.
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The tacts are stated in the opinion. The sound record is a temporary element of the combination forming the machine of the patent in suit and it is intended that the sound record shall frequently be replaced. The machine has no other use. It is well settled law that purchasers of such combinations from the patentee or his licensees have the right to replace such temporary parts, and that any manufacturer has the right to sell such.parts to such purchasers for such purpose. The courts below, therefore, erred in holding that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
This writ was issued to bring up for review the judgment of the Circuit Court, affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, adjudging petitioner guilty of contempt of court for violating the injunction which has just been considered in No. 80, and to pay a fine of $1,000, one-half to the United States and one-half to complainants in the suit, respondents here.
The injunction, as we said in the opinion in No. 80, enjoined petitioner, the Leeds & Catlin Company, from manufacturing, using or selling the method expressed in claim 5 of letters patent No. 534,543 to Emil Berliner, dated February 19,…
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