What was the court case about?
Edison's claim to be the first and sole inventor of cinematography
Patent for the lightbulb
Invention of the telephone
Copyright for a film
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The court case was about Edison's claim to be the first and sole inventor of cinematography. Edison claimed that he had invented the first motion picture camera and projector, and that all other inventors were simply copying his work. The court found that Edison was not the first inventor of cinematography, and that many other inventors had made significant contributions to the development of the technology.
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