In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants
Date:
1913
Publisher:
New York, Appeal Printing Co.
Volume:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants : record volume 3
Leaf #:
00092
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Government & Law
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
These seven volumes contain the testimonies and supporting documents from the U.S. District Court's antitrust lawsuit against the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC). Formed in 1908, the MPPC (sometimes referred to asœ"the Edison Trust" or just "the Trust") sought to control the American film industry through pooling patents and demanding that producers and exhibitors acquire licenses to those patents. Independent producers and exhibitors, who refused to license the patents, argued that the MPPC was an unlawful monopoly. In 1912 and 1913, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard testimonies from both MPPC members, such as Siegmund Lubin, and "Independents" who later became Hollywood moguls, such as William Fox. Ultimately, in 1915, the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the MPPC in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and spelled the end for the already weakening MPPC. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012
Date Added:
September 21, 2023
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1318 H. N. Marvin, Direct Examination. Licensed Motion Picture. Leased by and Property of (Patented in the United States August 31, 1897; reissued January 12, 1904). The enclosed motion picture is leased only and upon the following terms and conditions: — 1. That the lessee shall not sell or otherwise dispose of the same outright, but shall have only the right to sub-let or use such motion picture. 2. That the lessee shall not permit such motion picture to be exhibited on projecting machines containing the inventions, or some of them, of Letters Patent Nos. 578,185, 580,749, 580,953, 588,916, 673,329, 673,992, 707,934, 722,382, 744,251, 770,937, 771,280, 785,205, and 785,237, and not licensed by the Motion Picture Patents Company of New Jersey. 3. That the lessee shall not have the right to sublet such motion picture for use on projecting machines containing the inventions, or some of them, of Letters Patent Nos. 578,185 580,749, 586,953, 588,916, 673,329, 673,992, 707,934, 722,382, 744,251, 770,937, 771,280, 785,205, and 785,237, until such lessee has entered into an agreement in writing with the Motion Picture Patents Company containing terms and conditions to be prescribed therein by it, and only while such lessee complies with all such terms and conditions and while such agreement remains in full force and effect. 4. That the lessee or user thereof shall not make or permit others to make any reproduction commonly known as a "dupe," of such motion picture. move the trademark or trade name or title therefrom. 6. That the violation of any of the foregoing con