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Schumacher Patents Upheld By Sweeping Appeal Decision

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Ba tlris decision all ftve patenls in suit now stand. valiil anil infringed. tohn Schumacher and loseph Schumacher nou, permit Buttonlath Manuf-acturing _Company,_ Defendant, to manufacture Buttonlath ,on a royalty basis under one Schumacher process pctenl.

No Wall Board License C'ranted Therefore Peters Wall Board Discontinued

In a ewceping decision, following over three years of litigation, the United Stateg Circuit Court of Appeale for ttre Ninth Circuit sustaing the last of five of the rnost important bagic patents held by John -Schumacher and Joseph E. Schumacher of the Schumacher Wall Board Co. and findg them all to have been infringed by the defendant, the Buttonlath Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of Peters Wall Board and Buttonlath. This decision greatly broadens the efiect of the lower Court decision.

Defendant Granted License to Manufacture Buttonlath

The Buttonlath Manufacturing Company has been granted by John Schumacher and Joseph E. Schumacher, the owners of the Schumacher patents, a license to manufacture Buttonlath-a Plaster Lath-under Schumacher patents on a royalty basis provided each piece of Buttonlath is duly stamped with the words: "This board is manufactured under a license from John Schumacher and Joseph E. Schumacher in accordairce with their patent dated March 21, 1916."

No Wall Board license has been granted, therefore the manufactured of Peters Wall Board has been discontinued by the Buttonlath Manufacturing Co.

Since this decision the Buttonlath Manufacturing Cdmpany, now having purchased a license under one important Schumacher process patent, are enlarging their plant and greatly increasing their output of Buttonlath.

Warning to Innocent Investors

Warning is hereby given to all innocent investors not to put money into enterprises which infringe on any of the many Schumacher patents.

_ So that the public may know that the rights of thc Schumacher patents will be upheld, we give notic that all violators and infringers of our many patents will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

LOOK FOR THE WORDS: "This board is manufactured under a license from John Schumacher and Joseph E. Schumacher in accordance with their patentJ,

This means that products bearing such a license notice are the best attainable and are the result of the years of experience and knowledge enjoyed by the Schumachers, and that no makeshifts are resorted to in order to attempt to avoid infringement.

Schumacher Wall Board is manufactured under Schumacher pa,tents and_has had the best of the knowledge and experience of the Schumachers and such improvi- ments are protected by apparatus and patents and is the best Wall Board obtainable. Look for lhe name of Schumacher.

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