The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants (1912)

Record Details:

Title:
The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants
Date:
1912
Publisher:
Washington D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office
Volume:
The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants
Leaf #:
00032
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
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Date Added:
December 14, 2023
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28 ORIGINAL PETITION. and all being owned by defendants. Each of the incorporators was connected with and interested in the business of one of the ten Patents Company, licensees. The following were at once elected officers and directors, each officer and director being an officer of and largely interested in the business of one of the ten manufacturers: President, J. J. Kennedy, president of the Biograph Company, and treasurer and director of the Motion Picture Patents Company since its organization. Vice president, George Kleine, owning the business of George Kleine, hereinabove referred to. Treasurer, Samuel Long, president of the Kalem Company. Secretary, William Pelzer, also secretary of the Motion Picture Patents Company, and an officer of the Edison Manufacturing Company. The following were elected directors: Frank L. Dyer, president of the Motion Picture Patents Compan}^ and vice president of the Edison Manufacturing Company. J. A. Berst, vice president of Pathe Freres. J. J. Kennedy, president of the Biograph Company and treasurer of the Patents Company. Siegmund Lubin, president of the Lubin Manufacturing Company. Samuel Long, president of the Kalem Company. Gaston Melies, ^president of Melies Manufacturing Company. Albert E. Smith, president of Vitagraph Company of America. George K. Spoor, president of Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. W. N. Selig, president of the Selig Polyscope Company. George Kleine, one of the ten licensed manufacturers.