RIGHTS IN FILMS
COMPANIES AT VARIANCE NEGOTIATIONS TERMINATED BERLIN, Sept. 17. The negotiations between the Western Electric Company, United States, and the German talking film combine, represented by tho Klangtobis Company, have been broken off. The Klangtobis Company has issued a statement, saying:—“As the Western Electric claimed exclusive rights in all English-speaking countries, without considering our existing rights in England, we considered that a continuation of negotiations would be useless.” In nearly all European countries the strength of the patents held by the Klangtobis Company is such that the American apparatus cannot be used there. American apparatus was legally seized at the Forum picture house, in Buda Pest, and similar action will follow in other countries. The Klangtobis Company recently made a singing and talking film in German! and English. Klangtobis is the German firm which manufactures a high-class “talkie” projecting apparatus. The name of the company is a compound word, the first syllable of which means sound, the second syllable being probably a trade mark or the name of in individual.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 233, 1 October 1929, Page 8
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172RIGHTS IN FILMS Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 72, Issue 233, 1 October 1929, Page 8
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