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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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:
1914
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 6
Leaf #:
00013
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 12, 2024
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defendants' exhibits. vii PAGE Exhibit 277. Opinion of the Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, in case of Motion Picture Patents Co. v. The Independent Moving Picture Company of America (200 Fed., 411), Aug. 10, 1912, on the Latham Patent No. 707,934 3393 " 278. Strip of Negative Motion Picture Film 3418 " 279. Strip of Positive Motion Picture Film 3418 DEFENDANTS' EXHIBITS. Volume VI. (This list includes only exhibits introduced at hearings reported in this volume. ) Exhibit 164. Docket Entries of Dyer & Dyer, Gifford & Bull, and Kerr, Page & Cooper re various suits by Edison on Letters Patent No. 589,168, and Reissue Patents Nos. 12,037, 12,038 and 12,192, brought between 1897 and 1909 3093 " 165. Contract between Theatre Film Supply Co., Birmingham, Ala., and General Film Co., dated Aug. 23, 1910 3170 " 166. Letter, General Film Co. to Theatre Film Supply Co., March 21, 1912. . . 3184 " 167. Letter, Theatre Film Supply Co. to J. J. Kennedy on Letterhead of Southern Amusement & Supply Co., Aug. 21, 1911 3186