French couturiers (Lanvin, Dior, Patou, and Jacques Fath) sued Milton for piracy, and the case went to the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court. Wire photo enabled a speed of transmission that the French designers argued damaged their businesses. See also Frederick Bakewell Alexander Bain Giovanni Caselli Fax Hellschreiber Pantelegraph SSTV Footnotes Further reading "Pictorial Telegraphy," Literary Digest, vol. 10, no. 19 (March 9, 1895), pg. 14. Extern link Telecommunication services History of telecommunications Photojournalism