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 #:
00037
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
December 14, 2023
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OKIGINAL PETITION-. 33 (6) The Film Company agrees that it will dispose of motion pictures manufactured for or purchased by it only by sale for export or by lease to motion-picture exhibitors in the United States for the purpose only of using such motion pictures for giving exhibitions in exhibiting machines licensed by the Patents Company under patents named or thereafter acquired (paragraph 15) ; that it will not use the pictures for the purpose of giving exhibitions thereof for profit; that it will not knowingly allow motion pictures manufactured for or purchased by it to be used with any exhibiting machines not licensed by the licensor, under patents owned by it or thereafter acquired; that it will refrain from supplying motion pictures for use with any exhibiting machines the license for which has been terminated and the Film Company notified thereof by the licensor; that it will refrain from supplying motion pictures to any lessor who may loan or sublease such motion pictures, or who may use such pictures for giving exhibitions thereof in exhibiting machines not licensed by the licensor or the license for which has been terminated (paragraph 15). (7) It is provided that the agreement may be renewed yearly until August 26, 1919, the date of expiration of Patent 707934, known as the Latham ^'Loop'' Patent. (Paragraph 18.) The agreement last described was consented to by each of the 10 Patents Company licensees, each of whom affixed its consent thereto in writing, such consent being given ^'with the understanding that said General Film Company is not to have under said limited license in writing any voting rights or royalty-sharing rights such as those referred to in said agreement of the undersigned with said Motion Picture Patents Company.''