Editing Celluloid (section)

===Daniel Spill and legal disputes===
English inventor [[Daniel Spill]] had worked with Parkes and formed the Xylonite Co. to take over Parkes' patents, describing the new plastic products as ''Xylonite''. He took exception to the Hyatts' claims and pursued the brothers in a number of court cases between 1877 and 1884. Initially the judge found in Spill's favor, but ultimately it was judged that neither party held an exclusive claim and the true inventor of celluloid/xylonite was Alexander Parkes, due to his mention of camphor in his earlier experiments and patents.<ref name="THG">Daniel Spill, Celluloid Manufacturing Company, United States. Circuit Court (New York : Southern District) ''Spill vs. Celluloid Manufacturing Company litigation documents''</ref> The judge ruled all manufacturing of celluloid could continue both in Spill's British Xylonite Company and Hyatt's' Celluloid Manufacturing Company.

[[File:Old celluloid film rolls (5201105455).jpg|alt=|thumb|Old celluloid film rolls]]
The main use was in movie and photography film industries, which used only celluloid film stock prior to the adoption of [[Cellulose acetate|acetate]] safety film in the 1950s. Celluloid is highly flammable, difficult and expensive to produce and no longer widely used.