U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1915

Autosales Gum & Chocolate Co. v. Ryede Specialty Works

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · Decided June 22, 1915 · Coxe, Laoombe, Rogers

223 F. 1021; 138 C.C.A. 648; 1915 U.S. App. LEXIS 1832

Counsel

A. A. Thomas, of New- York City, for complainants. Frederick F. Church and G. W. Rich, both of Rochester, N. Y., for defendant.

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American Graphophone Co. v. Emerson Phonograph Co. (District Court, S.D. New York 1918)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The use of slot machines by which small- articles may be sold automatically antedates Pumphroy’s invention by many years and the art is a crowded one. The claims under consideration must be strictly construed, if validity is to be found. To attempt a description of these complicated machines would accomplish no useful purpose, since we concur in Judge Mayer’s discussion of the record and it seems unnecessary to add anything to what he has written. The decree is affirmed, but since both sides appealed, and neither side wholly prevailed, there will he no costs of appeal to either party.

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