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 #:
000692
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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Cll GENERAL INDEX. Selig Polyscope Co., Continued : vol. page Opinion of Judge Kohlsaat in case of T. A. Edison v. Selig Polyscope Co., on Camera Patent Reissue 12,037, filed Jan. 29, 1910, as of Oct. 24, 1907, in the U. 8. Circuit Court for Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division ; Defendants1 Exhibit 111 Ill 1617 Writ of Injunction, dated Nov. 1, 1907, out of Circuit Court for Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, on the part of T. A. Edison directed to Selig Polyscope Co., on Reissue Letters Patent No. 12,037 ; Defendants' Exhibit 113 IV 1979 Telegram, Selig Polyscope Co. to Greater New York Film Rental Co., April 29, 1912; Petitioner's Exhibit 123 I 470 Shirley, Samuel II. : Direct Examination IV 2280-228G Cross Examination 2437-2440 Redirect Examination 2440-2442 Redirect Examination 2442 Recross Examination 2442 Recross Examination 2443 Show World: Article printed in The Show World March 7, 190S, entitled "Opposing Moving Picture Interests Fire First Onus in Great War for Supremacy"; Petitioner's Exhibit 2<>3 V 2503 Article by George Kleine in Show World March 7, 1908, entitled "Kleine Talks — Biograph Company Denies Validity of Patents"; Petitioner's Exhibit 271 VI 3347 (See also Petitioner's Exhibit 203, Vol. V, p. 2509.)