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)

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 #:
000680
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 21, 2023
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XC GENERAL INDEX. Motion Picture Patents Co., Continued : vol. page As of July 3, 1911 V 3030 As of December 18, 1911 V 3032 As of July 7, 1912 V 3031 As of July 21, 1913 V 2931 Statements by Patents Company showing Cities in United States of 100,000 and over in which Motion Pictures were Exhibited, separated as to Licensees and Non-Licensees of Patents Company, Defendant's Exhibits 115, 159, 160, 161, 162 and 163. As of October 31, 1910 V 3036 As of January 30, 1911 V 3038 As of July 3, 1911 V 3010 As of December 18, 1911 V 3012 As of July 7, 1912 V 3011 As of July 21, 1913 V 2936 Eeplevin Suits instituted by the Manufacturers Licensed by Motion Picture Patents Company, from March 11, 1909, to Jan. 6, 1913 ; Petitioner's Exhibit 220 VI 3341 See also I 389 See also II 1217 Suits brought under the Latham Patent No. 707,931, by Motion Picture Patents Co., between June 11, 1909, and July 15, 1911; Petitioner's Exhibit 275a VI 3391 Suits brought under the Pross Patent No. 722,382, by Motion Picture Patents Co., between June 1 1, 1909, and July 15, 1911; Petitioner's Exhibit 27<; VI 3392