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 1
Leaf #:
000598
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:
May 23, 2024
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572 Gov't Ex. 133, Agt. Edison & Eastman Kodak Cos. date hereof and June 20, 1909), and the amount which any such licensee may have overpaid, according to the royalty schedule in said Paragraph 6, shall be returned to the licensee so overpaying the same within thirty (30) days after June 20, 1909, and the balance remaining, together with the royalties that have been paid between June 20, 1908, and June 20, 1909, on each sale of film of a width approximately one inch and three-eighths of an inch (1% in.) to the amount of two and one-half (2%) per cent, of the total amount of "Licensed Film" supplied to the licensees of the license agreements with the Edison Company referred to in Paragraph 3, and to the "Patents Company licensees," and together with the royalty on the sale of other film not to exceed three-quarters (%) of an inch in width prior to the date hereof under the said agreement between the Edison Company and the Eastman Company, referred to in Paragraph 8, and together with the royalty on the other film not to exceed approximately one (1) inch in width, received by it between the date hereof and June 20, 1909, as provided for in this paragraph, shall be paid to the Edison Company and the Patents Company as follows: The said balance of all royalties received by it from the licensees of the license agreements with the Edison Company referred to in Paragraph 3, prior to the date hereof, and all the other aforesaid royalties received by it up to the date hereof, shall be paid to the Edison Company within thirty (30) days after June 20, 1909, provided, however, that if at that time the latter should be indebted to the former for "Licensed Film1' or other supplies purchased from or furnished by the Eastman Company to the Edison Company such royalties then in the possession of the Eastman Company shall be applied by it on account of such indebtedness, the balance, if any, remaining over such indebtedness, to be paid by the Eastman Company to the Edison Company; and the said balance of all royalties received by the Eastman Company from the "Patents Company licensees" between the date hereof and June 20, 1909, and all the other aforesaid royalties which have been received by it between said dates, shall be paid to the Patents Company within thirty (30) days after June 20, 1909, provided, however, that if at the time such payment of royalties is due