Music Trade Review
Issue: 1901 Vol. 32 N. 26 - Page 30
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THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
PATENTS DO NOT ALWAYS PROTECT.
LOOK AND LISTEN
This is the Opinion of Emilc Berliner the Well
Yes, look at it and see an organ artistically made of the best materials and with the
Known Inventor Who Holds That to Become
perienced workmen* Look
Valid a Patent Has Practically to be Made greatest skill of the most ex-
So in the Courts.
it all over, from pedals to
music rack, and it's just the
Writing of imperfections in the patent same. But listen! Ah, if
the look pleased you, how
laws, Emile Berliner, whose name is asso-
yet, it isn't strange that
much more the tone? And
ciated with a number of inventions in the
should
result in the sweet-
fifty years of voicing reeds
electric and talking machine fields, has the
and clearer with each new
following to say in the Saturday Evening toned Estcy, ever sweeter
what
were
the uses of experience?
else
instrument that comes from the factory,
Post, which we quote en parte:
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
"So far as the Patent Office is concerned,
the inventor may put in his plans there with ESTEY ORGAN CO., - - Brattleboro, Vt.
perfect assurance that he will be honestly
Established
dealt with.
There have been numerous
in
charges of collusion in the Patent Office,
1849.
but there is not a single case where collusion
has been proved. The record of the Office
Finest tone, best
is clean, notwithstanding that there have
work and
been hundreds of thousands of patent litiga-
material.
tions.
PRICES MODERATE AND TERMS REASONABLE.
72,000 MADE AND IN USE.
"Of course the system is not perfect; no
EVERY INSTRUMENT FULLY WARRANTED.
system is. The most serious defects, how-
ILLUSTRATED CATALOQUE FREE.
ever, is not in the Patent Office, but in the
method or procedure in our courts in patent
cases, In case of infringement, a merito-
207 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO.
rious inventor, after having fought his way 110 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON.
through the Patent Office, has again to fight
Pianos Win Friends
expensive law suits before he can get a pre-
For the Dealer
liminary injunction. I think that after the
C. KURTZMANN
CO.
severe examination in the Patent Office, a
Factory, 526 to 536 Niagara S t . . Buffalo, N. Y.
patent claim should be prima facie evidence
against the man who comes into the market
Manufacturers and
after the patentee. The burden of proof
Importers of * * *
should be on the man who hasn't the patent.
And the patentee should be entitled to a
preliminary injunction on reasonable proof.
4 and O WEST 15th STREET
"At present the infringer is encouraged Will be pleased to send goods on selection at any time
* O 1%. JtV
. . .
because it takes years before a patentee can
The name of Mathushek has been before the
get his patent adjudicated, and in the mean-
time the infringer reaps his profits and sim-
public for half a century and is identified with
ply skips the field should the patent be pro-
the manufacture of instruments of high grade.
ven against him.
It pays to handle a well-known name. T h e
"If inventors are useful adjuncts to Am-
demand for the Mathushek & Son piano is
erican civilization, then the law should rath-
growing all t h e time. I t isn't necessary to
er be stretched in their favor; and because
ask why ? Tou k n o w ! : : : : :
once in a while an invention is in great de-
of acknowledged eminence.
mand, and, under fine business management
Instruments that
has become a public necessity, that should
dealers should become
be no ground for a public clamor for turning
6 1569 Broadway, cor. 47th St., New York.
acquainted with.
the law in favor of infringers as much as
FRANCIS
possible.
Are Built to
The
Right
"Once the public appreciates that noth-
Satisfy a
Piano
ing has .more • strongly helped this land of
Critical
at the
high wages to compete with Europe than
Trade
has the encouragement given by our patent
Right Price
PIANOS
laws to inventors, they will see that their
Ware rooms:
Factory Address:
sympathy should rather be on the side of 134th St. and Trinity Ave., So. Boulevard
East A2d St., NEW YORK
the inventor. But there are unfortunately
. CAPACITY
HIGH
many who would thoughtlessly kill the
THREE
goose which lays the golden egg, and who GRADE
HUNDRED
consider an inventor a monopolist who AT
PIANOS
should be downed on principle. Other- MODERATE
PER MONTH.
wise, our patent system is about as perfect as PRICE.
ORGANIZED AND INCORPORATED
can be desired, and it is a decided blessing ESTABLISHED IN NEW YORK 18T0.
JANUARY imON.
IN CHICAGO I S S 6 .
to the people of the United States."
Factory at Riverview, HI. - - SCHAEFFER P I A N O MFG. CO., - Office, 215 "Wabash Avenue, Chicago-
EMERSON
PIANOS.
EMERSON PIANO CO.
KURTZMANN
R B. BURNS & CO,
P i a n o Scarfs a n d C o v e r s
MATHUSHEK &
SON PIANO
The Mathushek & Son Piano Co.
CONNOR
THE WALDO INSTRUMENTS.
The latest styles of mandolins, guitars and
banjos which are placed on the market by
the Waldo Manufacturing Co., of Saginaw,
Mich., are, without question, magnificent ex-
amples of careful workmanship and skill.
In tone, in finish, and in all that goes to make
a high-grade instrument, they occupy an in-
dividual place.
PIANQTQQIS,
HAMMACHER.SCHLEMMER&C?
203 Bowery, N. X
32
THE MUSIC TRADE REVIEW
PATENTS DO NOT ALWAYS PROTECT.
LOOK AND LISTEN
This is the Opinion of Emilc Berliner the Well
Yes, look at it and see an organ artistically made of the best materials and with the
Known Inventor Who Holds That to Become
perienced workmen* Look
Valid a Patent Has Practically to be Made greatest skill of the most ex-
So in the Courts.
it all over, from pedals to
music rack, and it's just the
Writing of imperfections in the patent same. But listen! Ah, if
the look pleased you, how
laws, Emile Berliner, whose name is asso-
yet, it isn't strange that
much more the tone? And
ciated with a number of inventions in the
should
result in the sweet-
fifty years of voicing reeds
electric and talking machine fields, has the
and clearer with each new
following to say in the Saturday Evening toned Estcy, ever sweeter
what
were
the uses of experience?
else
instrument that comes from the factory,
Post, which we quote en parte:
SEND FOR CATALOGUE.
"So far as the Patent Office is concerned,
the inventor may put in his plans there with ESTEY ORGAN CO., - - Brattleboro, Vt.
perfect assurance that he will be honestly
Established
dealt with.
There have been numerous
in
charges of collusion in the Patent Office,
1849.
but there is not a single case where collusion
has been proved. The record of the Office
Finest tone, best
is clean, notwithstanding that there have
work and
been hundreds of thousands of patent litiga-
material.
tions.
PRICES MODERATE AND TERMS REASONABLE.
72,000 MADE AND IN USE.
"Of course the system is not perfect; no
EVERY INSTRUMENT FULLY WARRANTED.
system is. The most serious defects, how-
ILLUSTRATED CATALOQUE FREE.
ever, is not in the Patent Office, but in the
method or procedure in our courts in patent
cases, In case of infringement, a merito-
207 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO.
rious inventor, after having fought his way 110 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON.
through the Patent Office, has again to fight
Pianos Win Friends
expensive law suits before he can get a pre-
For the Dealer
liminary injunction. I think that after the
C. KURTZMANN
CO.
severe examination in the Patent Office, a
Factory, 526 to 536 Niagara S t . . Buffalo, N. Y.
patent claim should be prima facie evidence
against the man who comes into the market
Manufacturers and
after the patentee. The burden of proof
Importers of * * *
should be on the man who hasn't the patent.
And the patentee should be entitled to a
preliminary injunction on reasonable proof.
4 and O WEST 15th STREET
"At present the infringer is encouraged Will be pleased to send goods on selection at any time
* O 1%. JtV
. . .
because it takes years before a patentee can
The name of Mathushek has been before the
get his patent adjudicated, and in the mean-
time the infringer reaps his profits and sim-
public for half a century and is identified with
ply skips the field should the patent be pro-
the manufacture of instruments of high grade.
ven against him.
It pays to handle a well-known name. T h e
"If inventors are useful adjuncts to Am-
demand for the Mathushek & Son piano is
erican civilization, then the law should rath-
growing all t h e time. I t isn't necessary to
er be stretched in their favor; and because
ask why ? Tou k n o w ! : : : : :
once in a while an invention is in great de-
of acknowledged eminence.
mand, and, under fine business management
Instruments that
has become a public necessity, that should
dealers should become
be no ground for a public clamor for turning
6 1569 Broadway, cor. 47th St., New York.
acquainted with.
the law in favor of infringers as much as
FRANCIS
possible.
Are Built to
The
Right
"Once the public appreciates that noth-
Satisfy a
Piano
ing has .more • strongly helped this land of
Critical
at the
high wages to compete with Europe than
Trade
has the encouragement given by our patent
Right Price
PIANOS
laws to inventors, they will see that their
Ware rooms:
Factory Address:
sympathy should rather be on the side of 134th St. and Trinity Ave., So. Boulevard
East A2d St., NEW YORK
the inventor. But there are unfortunately
. CAPACITY
HIGH
many who would thoughtlessly kill the
THREE
goose which lays the golden egg, and who GRADE
HUNDRED
consider an inventor a monopolist who AT
PIANOS
should be downed on principle. Other- MODERATE
PER MONTH.
wise, our patent system is about as perfect as PRICE.
ORGANIZED AND INCORPORATED
can be desired, and it is a decided blessing ESTABLISHED IN NEW YORK 18T0.
JANUARY imON.
IN CHICAGO I S S 6 .
to the people of the United States."
Factory at Riverview, HI. - - SCHAEFFER P I A N O MFG. CO., - Office, 215 "Wabash Avenue, Chicago-
EMERSON
PIANOS.
EMERSON PIANO CO.
KURTZMANN
R B. BURNS & CO,
P i a n o Scarfs a n d C o v e r s
MATHUSHEK &
SON PIANO
The Mathushek & Son Piano Co.
CONNOR
THE WALDO INSTRUMENTS.
The latest styles of mandolins, guitars and
banjos which are placed on the market by
the Waldo Manufacturing Co., of Saginaw,
Mich., are, without question, magnificent ex-
amples of careful workmanship and skill.
In tone, in finish, and in all that goes to make
a high-grade instrument, they occupy an in-
dividual place.
PIANQTQQIS,
HAMMACHER.SCHLEMMER&C?
203 Bowery, N. X
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