Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1899 — COURT AWARDS MILLIONS. [ARTICLE]

COURT AWARDS MILLIONS.

Old Patent* Held I>n a Tooth Crown Company Are Valid. A decision rendered t»y Judge Townsend in the United States Circuit Court at New York is estimated to affect daims amounting to $10,000,000. The decision is in favor of the International Tooth Crown Company and sustains the validity of 1881 patents held on the system of applying tooth crowns.. Although the patents expired during the litigation, the decision confirms the right of the complainant company to collect royalties on all infringements covering the whole existence of the patents.