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 #:
00015
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema and Government & Law
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 9 31 Lie, Edison Exch. Exchanges 15 Feb. 1908 15 81 Lie., Edison Exch. Modification Edison Mfg. Co. 1 Dec. 1908 24 179 Lubin Mfg. Co. and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 18 Dec. 190S 39 290 Lubin Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 7 Jan. 1909 49 303 Lubin Mfg. Co. and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Jan. 1909 70 443 Lubin Mfg. Co. General Film Co. 21 April 1910 82 460 Lubin Mfg. Co. and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 93 534 Lubin Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 6 June 1912 7 27 Lubin, Siegmund Edison Mfg. Co. 31 Jan. 1908 1 3 Marvin, Casler, et al. American Mutoscope Co. 12 Mar. 1898 8 28 Melies, Gaston, of New York, for himself and as Attorney for George Melies of Paris, France Edison Mfg. Co. 31 Jan. 1908 62 395 Melies, Gaston Motion Picture Patents Co. 20 July 1909 63 422 Melies, Gaston Motion Picture Patents Co. 21 July 1909 74 443 Melies, Gaston General Film Co. 21 April 1910 87 460 Melies, Gaston and Edison Mfg. Co. Motion Picture Patents Co. 14 Feb. 1911 97 560 Melies, Gaston Motion Picture Patents Co. 6 June 1912 106 662 Melies, Gaston Motion Picture Patents Co. 26 Feb. 1913 8 28 Melies, George, by Gaston Melies his Attorney Edison Mfg. Co. 31 Jan. 1908 16 82 Motion Picture Patents Co. Armat Moving Picture Co. 18 Dec. 1908 17 88 Motion Picture Patents Co. Biograph Co. 18 Dec. 1908 18 94 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 18 Dec. 1908 19 101 Motion Picture Patents Co. The Vitagraph Co. of America 18 Dec. 1908 20 105 Motion Picture Patents Co. Biograph Co. 18 Dec. 190S 21 129 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Qo. 18 Dec. 1908 22 152 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Essanay Film Mfg. Co. 18 Dec. 190S 23 179 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Kalem Co., Inc. 18 Dec. 190S 24 179 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Lubin Mfg. Co. 18 Dec. 1908 25 179 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Selig Polyscope Co. IS Dec. 190S 26 179 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and The Vitagraph Co. of America IS Dec. 190S 27 180 Motion Picture Patents Co. George Kleine 18 Dec. 190S 28 209 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. and Pathe Freres IS Dec. 190S 29 239 Motion Picture Patents Co. Rental Exchange Agreement IS Dec. 190S 30 246 Motion Picture Patents Co. Armat Moving Picture Co. 31 Dec. 190S 31 248 Motion Picture Patents Co. Biograph Co. 30 Dec. 190S 32 251 Motion Picture Patents Co. Edison Mfg. Co. 31 Dec. 1908 33 254 Motion Picture Patents Co. The Vitagraph Co. of America 30 Dec. 190S