Wrights, Curtiss Back in Court Again

摘要

Right after Glenn Curtiss flew his June Bug more than one mile on July 4,1908, Orville and Wilbur Wright filed suit, claiming that Curtiss infringed on their 1906 patent for movable wing surfaces. Curtiss' machine had swiveling wingtips, which Curtiss thought were different enough from the Wrights' system that he shouldn't have to pay. For years the case bounced around the courts, with the Wrights usually winning and Curtiss usuallyrnappealing, until World War I started, and the U.S. government made both parties sign a peace treaty.