High Court of Australia
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IN THE MATTER OF LETTERS PATENT NO. 14031/33 granted TO CARL JOHAN &\xXEN AND IN THe MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY POLYFOTO (INTERNATIONAL) LTD.
Ose. REASONS FOR JUDGMENT
Judgment delivered at SYDNEY. -
on THURSDAY, 16th NOVEMBER, 1950.
WL H, Daw, Gor. Priat., Mato ©.18980/45
IN_THE MATTER OF LETTERS PATENT NO. 1403/33 !
GRANTED TO CARL JOHAN RIXEN
AND.
IN_ THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY POLYFOTO
(INPTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
FULLAGAR J.
JUDGMENT
IN_THE MATTER OF LETTERS PATENT NO. 1403/33
GRANTED TO CARL JOHAN RIXEN AND
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY POLYFOTO
(INTERNATIONAL) LIMITED
JUDGMENT FULLAGAR J. ORAL
The patent in this case was granted on 22nd August 1933 and therefore expired on 22nd August 1949. The present owner of the patent is Polyfoto (International) Limited. Another company, Polyfoto (England) Limited, owns the British patent for the same invention. The relations between the two companies are not made clear by the evidence, and it is merely stated that Polyfoto (England) Limited is an "allied company" of Polyfoto (International) Limited.
Patents for the invention were obtained in many countries, but the patent has not been exploited in any country except England, though the United States patent, after threatened litigation, was sold in 1943 for a sum just under £10,000. The invention relates to cameras, and it would appear that some 200 cameras had been manufactured in England between 1933 and 1940.
From the use of these cameras what appear to be very large profits indeed were made in England during the war, profit in 19145 being no less than £71,720. No information is given as to the amount of capital invested. There is nothing to show that the large profits realized in England were not due wholly or very largely to war conditions. Indeed, paragraph 17 of Mr. Stoneham's affidavit seems to me studiously to avoid this by no means unimportant pointe Having regard to the nature of the invention, it seems very likely
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