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 (1914)

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2870 Charles O. Baumann, Direct Examination. Q. What was the business of the Carlton Laboratories? A. Manufacturing and producing motion picture films. Q. What was the total amount of the releases that the Carlton Laboratories produced after they got into successful operation? A. Two. Q. When did the Carlton Laboratories begin to release two subjects a week? A. About July of 1910. Q. And did they continue to release two subjects a week? A. Yes, up to the present time. Q. Was suit at one time brought against the Carlton Laboratories by the Motion Picture Patents Company and against you, your partner Mr. Kesscl, and Mr. Burstein? A. Yes. Q. Was this a suit under a patent? A. Yes. Q. What patent? A. Camera patent. Q. Do yon mean by that the Edison camera patent to which yon have referred in your prior testimony? A. Yes. Q. After the organization of the Motion Picture Sales & Distributing Company, were the companies known as the American, the Rex and the Yankee added to its constituents? A. Yes. Q. Did any change occur in the organization of the Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company in 1912? A. Yes. Q. What was this change? A. Half of the members of the Sales Company organized a new program, while the other half organized another program and, withdrawing simultaneously, left the Sales Company a shell. Q. Did they organize these new programs under the auspices of new corporations? A. Yes. Q. What were the names of these new corporations which these seceding members formed? A. Universal Film Manufacturing Company, and Film Supply Company of America. Q. With which of these new corporations did the New York Motion Picture Company affiliate? A. Universal. Q. With which of these two new corporations did the Carlton Laboratories affiliate? A. Film Supply Company of America. Q. Did the New York Mjotion Picture Company subsequently withdraw from the Universal? A. Yes. Q. ITow did it then operate? A. Independent. Q. TTow long has the New York Motion Picture Company