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 #:
00013
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 25 179 Edison Mfg. Co. and Selig Poly scope Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908 26 179 Edison Mfg. Co. and The Vita graph Co. of America Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908 28 209 Edison Mfg. Co. and Pathe Freres Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 1908 32 251 Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 31 Dec. 1908 34 257 Edison Mfg. Co. and Eastman Kodak Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 1 Jan. 1909 37 290 Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 7 Jan. 1909 46 296 Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 47 297 Edison Mfg. Co. and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 48 303 Edison Mfg. Co. and Kalem Co., Inc. Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 49 303 Edison Mfg. Co. and Lubin Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 50 303 Edison Mfg. Co. and Selig Poly scope Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 51 303 Edison Mfg. Co. and The Vita graph Co. of America Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 53 309 Edison Mfg. Co. and Pathe Freres Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 66 436 Edison Mfg. Co. General Film Co. 21 April 1910 76 444 Edison Mfg. Co. and Eastman Kodak Co. % Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 78 457 Edison Mfg. Co. and Biograph Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 79 460 Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 80 460 Edison Mfg. Co. and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 81 460 Edison Mfg. Co. and Kalem Co., Inc. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 82 460 Edison Mfg. Co. and Lubin Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 83 460 Edison Mfg. Co. and Selig Poly scope Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 84 460 Edison Mfg. Co. and The Vita graph Co. of America Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 85 460 Edison Mfg. Co. and George Kleine Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 86 460 Edison Mfg. Co. and Pathe Freres Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 87 460 Edison Mfg. Co. and Gaston Melies Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 90 486 Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 6 June 1912 91 508 Edison, Thos. A., Inc. and Essa nay Film Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 6 June 1912 38 290 Enterprise Optical Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 7 Jan. 1909 5 27 Essanay Film Mfg. Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 31 Jan. 1908 v.