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 #:
00015
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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defendants' exhibits. ix PAGE Exhibit 180. Chart explanatory of Photograph No. 1, Defendants' Exhibit 179 32G6 " 181. Chart explanatory of Photograph No. 2, Defendants' Exhibit 179 3267 a 182. Chart explanatory of Photograph No. 5, Defendants' ^Exhibit 179 32G8 " 183. Chart explanatory of Photograph No. 7, Defendants'' Exhibit 179 3209 " 181. List of Suits brought on Camera Patent No. 12,037 after the Assignment of that Patent to Motion Picture Patents Co 3270 181a. Motion Picture Scenario, etc., from Eyening Sun, March 30, 1914 3316 " 185. Edison Reissue Patent No. 12,037, dated Sept. 30, 1902 3326 " 186. Edison Reissue Patent No. 13,329, dated Dec. 5, 1911 3326 187. Edison Reissue Patent No. 12,192, dated Jan. 12, 1904 3326 188. Smith Patent No. 673,329, dated April 30, 1901 3326 " 189. Smith Patent No. 744,251, dated Nov. 17, 1903 3326 " 190. Smith Patent No. 770,937, dated Sept. 27, 1904 3326 191. Smith Patent No. 771,280, dated Oct. 4, 1904 3326