Motion Picture Patents Co. v. Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; Learned Hand, Judge. Suit in equity by the Motion Picture Patents Company against the Independent Moving Pictures Company of America. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals. The patent in question, No. 707,934, was granted to Woodville Lath-am August 26, 1902, for new and useful improvements in projecting kinetoscopes.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; Learned Hand, Judge. Suit in equity by the Motion Picture Patents Company against the Independent Moving Pictures Company of America. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals. The patent in question, No. 707,934, was granted to Woodville Lath-am August 26, 1902, for new and useful improvements in projecting kinetoscopes. The specification says: “The present invention has reference to apparatus for projecting successively and at frequent intervals on a screen, or other plane surface, an extended…
1Per curiam
The majority of the court are of the opinion that the decree appealed from should be affirmed, with costs, upon the opinion of Judge Hand; and it is so ordered.
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