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 #:
000662
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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63G Gov't Ex. 135, Agt. Edison & Eastman Kodak Cos. 1 proximately one and three-eighths of an inch (1% in.) in width, and which royalty the Eastman Company is to pay to the Patents Company on such film sold by it which is paid for by the purchaser thereof;" 7. By inserting in paragraph 20 of said agreement, after the words "other film," in lines 3 and 4 thereof, the words : "hereinbefore referred to as 'scientific film' ." By striking out the "," and the parenthesis and parenthetical clause following it, in lines 5 to 10 of said paragraph 20. By striking out the words "with the exceptions aforesaid" in line 18 of said paragraph 20, and inserting in lieu thereof the words — "herein before referred to as 'scientific film'." 8. By striking out, in paragraph 21 of said agreement, the words "other film (with the exceptions hereinbefore pro ,. vided for),1' in lines 11 and 12 thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "scientific film." 9. That said above mentioned agreement entered into on or about the first day of January, 1909, as modified by the said agreement in writing entered into on or about the 15th day of June, 1909, and as altered and modified by this agreement, shall continue in full force and effect. 10. That the covenants and agreements herein contained shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Patents Company, 4 its successors, assigns and legal representatives, and the Eastman Company, and its successors as defined in paragraph 10 of said agreement dated on or about January 1, 1909. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed by their officers duly