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)

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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 1
Leaf #:
000592
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Early Cinema
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 12, 2024
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566 Gov't Ex. 133, Act. Edison & Eastman Kodak Cos. have no right to delegate any part thereof, or grant any right or privilege whatsoever thereunder or under either of said reissued letters patent Xo. 12,037 and 12,192, and letters patent Nos. 629,063 and 707,931 to any person, firm or corporation, unless the said Eastman Company should dispose of its entire motion picture film business to a single purchaser, in which case it may assign the right and authority hereby granted to it, together with all its rights under this agreement, to such purchaser, who shall then and thereafter be recognized and dealt with by the Patents Company as the successor of the Eastman Company in the ownership of said right and authority and all other rights of the Eastman Company under this agreement and be entitled to all the benefits and privileges thereof; but before any such purchaser shall be recognized as such assignee and successor of the Eastman Company, said purchaser shall first agree in writing to accept, act under, and perform the covenants, stipulations and conditions of this agreement. 11. The Patents Company covenants and agrees to promptly notify the Eastman Company of the names and addresses of all the "Patents Company licensees'' to whom it has granted or may hereafter grant licenses, and of the dates when their license agreements take effect, in order that the Eastman Company may be advised as to whom it is to sell the "Licensed Film" aforesaid, and also be able to compute the royalty referred to in Paragraph 6, and also covenants and agrees to promptly notify the Eastman Company of the revocation, cancellation or termination otherwise of any license agreements with the "Patents Company licensees" so that the Eastman Company may know that such license agreements have been terminated and discontinue the sale of such "Licensed Film" to such persons, firms and corporations named therein; it being understood that when any such license is so terminated, the licensee named therein shall cease to be one of the "Patents Company licensees" and that the Eastman Company shall, immediately upon being so notified of the fact, discontinue Hie sale of such "Licensed Film" to such licensee. 12. The Patents Company further authorizes and em