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 (1912-1913)

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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:
1912-1913
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 7
Leaf #:
00012
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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No. Page Parties Date 106 662 Blackton, J. Stuart et al. Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Feb. 1913 10 36 Brown, N. Howland, et al. trad • ing as Williams Brown & Earle American Mutoscope & Biograph and others Co. 18 Feb. 1908 88 461 Bulletin, Exchange, No. 3-3 Motion Picture Patents Co. 13 Sept. 1911 100 624 Bulletin, Exchange, No. 36 Motion Picture Patents Co. 27 Aug. 1912 101 625 Bulletin, Exchange, No. 37 Motion Picture Patents Co. 15 Oct. 1912 15 81 Bulletin, Edison Exchanges Modi fication Edison Mfg. Co. 1 Dec. 1908 1 3 Casler-Marvin, et al. American Mutoscope Co. 12 Mar. 189g 10 36 Dressier, Charles E., & Co. American Mutoscope & Biograph (a corporation) and others Co. 18 Feb. 1908 10 36 Earle, Morris, et al. trading as Williams, Brown & Earle and American Mutoscope & Biograph others Co. 18 Feb. 1908 12 47 Eastman Kodak Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 20 May 1908 13 59 Eastman Kodak Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 20 May 1908 34 257 Eastman Kodak Co. and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 1 Jan. 1909 60 345 Eastman Kodak Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 15 June 1909 61 349 444 Eastman Kodak Co. Eastman Kodak Co. and Edison Motion Picture Patents Co. 15 June 1909 Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 77 454 Eastman Kodak Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 102 627 Eastman Kodak Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 15 Jan. 1913 103 628 Eastman Kodak Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 15 Jan. 1913 36 290 Edengraph Mfg. Co Motion Picture Patents Co. 7 Jan. 1909 9 31 Edison License Exchanges 15 Feb. 1908 15 81 Edison Exchanges (modification) Edison Mfg. Co. 1 Dec. 1908 3 12 Edison Mfg. Co. Kalem Co., Inc. 31 Jan. 1908 4 27 Edison Mfg. Co. Selig Polyscope Co. 31 Jan. 1908 5 27 Edison Mfg. Co. Essanay Film Mfg. Co. 31 Jan. 1908 6 27 Edison Mfg. Co. The Vitagraph Co. of America 31 Jan. 1908 7 27 Edison Mfg. Co. Siegmund Lubin 31 Jan. 1908 8 28 Edison Mfg. Co. Gaston Melies, of New York, for himself and as Attorney for George Melies of Paris, France 31 Jan. 1908 12 47 Edison Mfg. Co. Eastman Kodak Co. 20 May 1908 13 59 Edison Mfg. Co. Eastman Kodak Co. 20 May 1908 14 64 Edison Mfg. Co. Pathe Freres (a corporation) 20 May 1908 15 81 Edison Mfg. Co. Edison Exchanges (modification) 1 Dec. 1908 18 94 Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1 908 21 129 Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908 22 152 Edison Mfg. Co. and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908 23 179 Edison Mfg. Co. and Kalem Co., ♦ Inc. Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908 24 179 Edison Mfg. Co. and Lubin Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908 4