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Wright Company to Start Wholesale Suits. Aeronautics,
New York, Aug. 1911, p. 57.
Includes statement of Frank H. Russell, manager of
the Wright Company.
Wholesale Litigation by the Wright Company in
America. Aeronautics, London, Sept. 1911, vol. 4, p.
176.
Wrights Sue Grahame—White. Aero, St. Louis, Dec. 23,
1911, vol. 3, p. 234.
Suits served by Wrights to restrain Grahame—White
from flying in the United States and to compel him to
render an account of his profits.
Brevet d invention. Revue juridique internationale de la
locomotion a rienne, Dec. 23, 1911, vol. 2, pp. 260—264,
+illus.
Text of Wright French patent no. 342,188.
Lorisson, Jacques. Le brevet Wright, La Revue de l aviation
et des sports, Jan. 1912, vol. 7, pp. 2—3.
Based on statements of Andr Henry-Co annier.
Wright Company Loses a Suit. Aero, St. Louis, Feb. 3,
1912, vol. 3, p. 361.
Dismissal by Justice Cohalan of New York
Supreme Court, of suit brought by the Wright
Company to recover $15,000 from the Aero
Corporation, Ltd., which managed the Belmont Park
Meet in September 1910.
Wright Suit in Germany. Aeronautics, New York, Mar.
1912, vol. 10, p. 100.
Published also in Aero, London, Mar. 23, 1912, vol.
3, p. 499; Scientific American, Mar. 30, 1912, vol.
106, p. 287; Fly Magazine, Apr. 1912, vol. 4, no. 6, p.
10; Flight, Apr. 6, 1912, vol. 4, p. 305.
Wilbur Wright s letter of March 19 to the editor on
the recent decision of the German Patent Office,
February 22, nullifying the main claim of the German
Wright patent, because of disclosures of the Wright
system of control made before the filing of the Wright
patent application in Germany. The disclosures cited
were those contained in a report of a speech of Octave
Chanute published in L A ronaute, May 1903, and by
Wilbur Wright in his 1901 address before the Western
Society of Engineers, a synopsis of which appeared in
Automotor, February-March 1902.
Wrights Refuse to Make Concessions. Aero, St. Louis,
Mar. 30, 1912, vol. 3, p. 514.
Note on refusal to permit participants in Gordon-
Bennett Cup Race to engage in money-making exhibition
flying.
Court Records
Myers, Denys P. The Patent Situation. Aircraft, Apr.
1912, vol. 3, pp. 40, 48.
Analyzes Wright patent decisions to date and cites
need for clear definition of privileges deriving from
original Wright patent.
Quirk, James R. Those Wright Patents. Popular
Mechanics, Apr. 1912, vol. 17, pp. 494—495.
Ludlow, Israel. The Wright Patent Situation. Aero Club
of America Bulletin, July 1912, vol. 1, no. 6, p. 14.
Author states his belief that court decision will be a
fair and just one.
Hayward, Charles B. Wright Patents in American and
Foreign Courts. In his Practical Aeronautics, Chicago:
American School of Correspondence, 1912, pp. 505—524.
Extensive summary of patent developments and
status as of January 1912.
Jackman, William J., and Russell, Thomas J. Amateurs
May Use Wright Patents. In their Flying Machines;
Construction and Operation, Chicago: Charles C.
Thompson Co., 1912, pp. 205—212.
Quotes from Judge Hand s 1910 injunction statement
and the Wrights statement on the use of their
control system.
Les Brevets Wright en Allemagne. Instance en nullit du
brevet allemand O. et W. Wright no. 173,378 intent e
devant le Patentamt Imp rial de Berlin par un consortium
de constructeurs francais. Jugement rendu le 22
f vrier 1912 par la Section des Annulations. Revue
juridique internationale de la locomotion aerienne,
1913, vol. 4, pp. 97—104.
Translation of German patent decision rendered
February 22, 1912.
Bruneval Les brevets Wright. La Revue de l aviation, de
l automobile et des sports, Mar. 1913, vol. 8, p. 6.
Burridge, Lee S. Some Light on the Patent Situation.
Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 1913, vol. 12, pp. 91—92.
Court of Public Opinion. Aeronautics, New York, Mar.
1913, vol. 12, pp. 90—91.
Includes chronological history of the Wright suits
and comments on the court decision of February 27 by
Captain Thomas S. Baldwin, Thomas W. Benoist,
Alan R. Hawley, and the Curtiss Aeroplane Company.
Merrill, Albert Adams. Wright Versus Curtiss.
Aeronautics, New York, Mar. 1913, vol. 12, pp. 93, 106.
Author attempts to differentiate Wright and Curtiss
control systems.
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