De Vry Corp. v. Acme Motion Picture Projector Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Suit by the De Vry Corporation against the Acme Motion Picture Projector Company. Decree for defendant, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dismissing for want of equity the appellant’s bill for alleged infringement of patent No.- 929,678, issued on August 3, 1909,. to Dockwood for improvements in apparatus for exhibiting moving pictures. The decree followed a ruling sustaining appellee’s motion to dismiss, which was in the nature of a general demurrer.
Claims 14, 15, and 16 were the only ones counted on in the bill. As these claims are all of the same effect so far as determining the correctness of the ruling on demurrer is concerned, only one of them is subjoined.
“16. In an…
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